Lee Definition

noun
Shelter; protection.
Webster's New World
The side or direction away from the wind.
Webster's New World
A sheltered place, esp. one on that side of anything away from the wind.
Webster's New World
A masculine and feminine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • robert edward lee
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Henry Lee
  • Lighthorse Harry Lee
  • richard henry lee
  • tsung-dao lee
  • Lee Yuen Kam
  • bruce lee
  • spike lee
  • Shelton Jackson Lee
  • Rose Louise Hovick
  • Gypsy Rose Lee
  • leeward
  • lee-side
  • shield
pronoun

A male given name derived from the surname, or a nickname for names such as Leo and Leroy.

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An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).

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A surname of Chinese origin, a variant of 李 (pinyin: ) and other less common names such as 黎 () and 理 ()

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A surname of Korean origin, a variant of Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)

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A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
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adjective
Designating, of, or on the side sheltered or away from the wind.
Webster's New World
Facing or located in the direction toward which a glacier moves.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Lee

  • From Middle English lee, from Old English hlÄ“o, hlÄ“ow (“shelter, protection"), from Proto-Germanic *hliwÄ… (compare German Lee (“lee"), lau (“lukewarm"), Swedish , Danish , Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy"), Latin calÄ“re (“to warm up"), Lithuanian Å¡iltas (“warm, pleasant"), Sanskrit शरद् (Å›arad, “autumn")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English le from Old English hlēo shelter, protection kelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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