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Lowell

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Noun

1. lowell, robert lowell, robert traill spence lowell jr.

United States poet (1917-1977)

2. lowell, percival lowell

United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916)

3. amy lowell, lowell

United States poet (1874-1925)

4. abbott lawrence lowell, lowell

United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lowell

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noun
1. 
Amy (Lawrence). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic
2. 
James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)
3. 
Robert (Traill Spence). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)

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Lowell

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1. 
Abbott Lawrence1856-1943; U.S. educator
2. 
Amy1874-1925; U.S. poet & critic: sister of Abbott
3. 
James Russell1819-91; U.S. poet, essayist, & editor
4. 
Percival1855-1916; U.S. astronomer: brother of Abbott & Amy
5. 
Robert (Traill Spence, Jr.)1917-77; U.S. poet
city in NE Mass.: pop. 105,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lowell

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A city of northeast Massachusetts on the Merrimack River northwest of Boston. Developed by a group of industrialists in the 1820s, it was a major textile center into the first half of the 1900s.
American poet whose works include Life Studies (1959) and The Dolphin (1973), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
American poet. A leader of the imagists, she wrote several volumes of poetry, including Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914).
American astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Arizona (1894), where his studies of Mars led him to believe that the planet was inhabited.
American educator and president (1909-1933) of Harvard University. He wrote Essays on Government (1889) and Conflicts of Principle (1932).
American editor, poet, and diplomat. He edited the Atlantic Monthly (1857-1861) and served as US minister to Spain (1877-1880) and Great Britain (1880-1885).

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