(n) 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. Laurentius, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence
(n) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830), Syn. Sir Thomas Lawrence
(n) English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930), Syn. David Herbert Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence
(n) a seaway involving the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes that was developed jointly by Canada and the United States; oceangoing ships can travel as far west as Lake Superior, Syn. St. Lawrence Seaway