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Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant of Leslie.
Male
Polish
Contracted form of Polish LechosÅ‚aw, LESÅAW means "Lech's glory."
Female
English
Feminine form of English unisex Lesley, LESLEIGH means "garden of hollies."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Scottish unisex Leslie, LESLEY means "garden of hollies."
Male
Polish
Pet form of Polish Lech, LESZEK means "a Pole."
Male
French
French form of Latin Cælestinus, CÉLESTIN means "heavenly."
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the city name Leicester which was recorded in the 10th century as Ligora caester "Ligora's fort." Ligora is related to Liguria, a very old place name of obscure origin, dating back to pre-Roman times. There has been some speculation concerning a possible connection between Ligora/Liguria and Celtic Lug, LESTER means "oath."
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Lesley, LES means "garden of hollies."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Lesley, LESLY means "garden of hollies."
Boy/Male
Scottish American Celtic Gaelic
Scottish surname and place name. From Leslie.
Girl/Female
Scottish American
Derived from name of a prominent Scottish clan 'Leslie.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Lisa, LESIA means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c.1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin.English : possibly from a double diminutive of the personal name Lece (see Leece), thus Lecelin.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish (Lestón)
Spanish (Lestón) : habitational name from any of four places called Lestó in A Coruña province, Galacia.English : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from Leiston in Suffolk, so named from Old English lēg ‘beacon fire’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Female
Polish
Contracted form of Polish LechosÅ‚awa, LESÅAWA means "Lech's glory."
Female
English
Feminine pet form of Scottish unisex Leslie, LESSIE means "garden of hollies."
Female
English
Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the place name Lesslyn in Aberdeenshire which got its name from Gaelic leas cuilinn, LESLIE means "garden of hollies."
Female
French
Feminine form of French Célestin, CÉLESTINE means "heavenly."
Boy/Male
Scottish American
Scottish surname and place name. From Leslie.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Leicester, named in Old English from the tribal name Ligore (itself adapted from a British river name) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.English and Scottish : variant of Lister.
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n.
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
imp. & p. p.
of Lesson
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lesson
n.
One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.
n.
One who, or that which, lessens.
a.
Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
adv.
Less.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lessen
adv.
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
n.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
v. i.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
a.
Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
imp. & p. p.
of Lessen
a.
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
n.
That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
a.
Less; smaller; inferior.
n.
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
v. t.
To make less; to lessen.