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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258);
[syn: Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius]

2. a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic;
[syn: Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Saint Lawrence n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius] 2: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic [syn: Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River]