WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Wallace
    n 1: Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in
         1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward
         invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and
         subsequently executed him (1270-1305) [syn: Wallace, Sir
         William Wallace]
    2: English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) [syn:
       Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace]
    3: English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that
       resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) [syn: Wallace,
       Alfred Russel Wallace]