Lewis
Meanings
name
- A male given name from Frankish.
- An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
- A locale in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.
- A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.
- A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.
- An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
name
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
name
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
name
- Ellipsis of the Isle of Lewis: an island of Scotland, United Kingdom.
noun
- A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
- The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
- A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.
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