The Clue
D. H. (8 letter answer)
The Answer
LAWRENCE
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Notes
The answer LAWRENCE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Definition
LAWRENCE as a noun:
1. (Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius) = Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
2. (Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia) = Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
3. (Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence) = English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
4. (Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence) = English actress (1898-1952)
5. (Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence) = United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
6. (Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence) = English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
7. a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856