Ann lee

ann, 1736–84, british mystic: founder of shaker sect in u.s.
charles, 1731–82, american revolutionary general, born in england.
doris emrick [em-rik] /ˈɛm rɪk/ (show ipa), 1905–1986, u.s. painter.
fitzhugh
[fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo,, fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] /ˈfɪtsˌhyu or, often, -ˌyu,, fɪtsˈhyu or, often, -ˈyu/ (show ipa), 1835–1905, u.s. general and statesman (grandson of henry lee; nephew of robert e. lee).
francis lightfoot
[lahyt-foo t] /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/ (show ipa), 1734–97, american revolutionary statesman (brother of richard h. lee).
gypsy rose (rose louise hovick) 1914–70, u.s. entertainer.
harper, born 1926, u.s. novelist.
henry (“light-horse harry”) 1756–1818, american revolutionary general (father of robert e. lee).
kuan yew
[kwahn yoo] /kwɑn yu/ (show ipa), born 1923, singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
manfred bennington
[man-frid] /ˈmæn frɪd/ (show ipa), (“ellery queen”) 1905–71, u.s. mystery writer, in collaboration with frederic dannay.
richard henry, 1732–94, american revolutionary statesman (brother of francis l. lee).
robert e(dward) 1807–70, u.s. soldier and educator: confederate general in the american civil war (son of henry lee).
sir sidney, 1859–1926, english biographer and critic.
spike (shelton jackson lee) born 1957, u.s. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
tsung-dao
[dzoo ng-dou] /ˈdzʊŋˈdaʊ/ (show ipa), born 1926, chinese physicist in the u.s.: n-bel prize 1957.
a town in w m-ssachusetts: resort.
a male or female given name.
historical examples

they had their greatest expansion after the death of ann lee.
history of american socialisms john humphrey noyes

ann lee, an english woman, came to this country in 1774, and founded the shaker societies.
history of american socialisms john humphrey noyes

it is known that a part of the worship of the believers in mother ann lee, as the shakers call themselves, consists in dancing.
travels through north america, v. 1-2 berhard saxe-weimar eisenach

ann lee was the wife of a blacksmith in manchester, england, and had been the mother of several children.
america, volume iii (of 6) joel cook

and something like this, we understand, is claimed by the shakers in regard to ann lee.
history of american socialisms john humphrey noyes

noun
a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
(nautical) by the lee, so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
(nautical) under the lee, towards the lee
adjective
(prenominal) (nautical) on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind: on a lee sh-r- compare weather (sense 5)
noun
a river in sw republic of ireland, flowing east into cork harbour. length: about 80 km (50 miles)
noun
ang (æŋ). born 1954, taiwanese film director; his films include sense and sensibility (1995), crouching tiger, hidden dragon (2000), brokeback mountain (2005), and life of pi (2012)
bruce, original name lee yuen kam. 1940–73, us film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as enter the dragon (1973)
gypsy rose, original name rose louise hovick. 1914–70, us striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the ziegfeld follies (1936) and in films
laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914–97, british poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical cider with rosie (1959)
richard henry. 1732–94, american revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of american independence (1776)
robert e(dward). 1807–70, american general; commander-in-chief of the confederate armies in the civil war
spike, real name shelton jackson lee. born 1957, us film director: his films include she’s gotta have it (1985), malcolm x (1992), and the doc-mentary when the leeves broke: a requiem in four acts (2008)
t(sung)-d(ao) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, us physicist, born in china. with yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the n-bel prize for physics in 1957
n.

old english hleo “shelter, cover, defense, protection,” from proto-germanic -khlewaz (cf. old norse hle, danish læ, old saxon hleo, dutch lij “lee, shelter”). no known cognates outside germanic; original sense uncertain and might have been “warm” (cf. german lau “tepid,” old norse hly “shelter, warmth”), which might link it to pie -kele- (1) “warm.” as an adjective, 1510s, from the noun.