Definition of "Lewis"

A male given name from Frankish  examples

A surname.

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.  examples

2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Lobhaois, itself from Old French Louis.  examples

3. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Llywelyn.  examples

The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.  examples

Ellipsis of Isle of Lewis; an island in Scotland, United Kingdom.  examples

A locale in the United States:

1. A census-designated place in Montezuma County, Colorado.  examples

2. An unincorporated community in Vigo County, Indiana.  examples

3. A minor city in Cass County, Iowa.  examples

4. A minor city in Edwards County, Kansas; named for journalist M. M. Lewis.  examples

5. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri; named for landowner Howell Lewis.  examples

6. A town in Essex County, New York; named for Morgan Lewis, 3rd Governor of New York.  examples

7. A town in Lewis County, New York; named for its county, itself for Morgan Lewis.  examples

8. An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.  examples

9. A town in Essex County, Vermont; named for landowners Nathan, Sevignior and Timothy Lewis.  examples

10. A census-designated place in Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin; named for founder Charles E. Lewis.  examples

11. A ghost town in California.  examples

12. A number of townships, listed under Lewis Township.  examples