WALLACE

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• WALLACE (noun)
  The noun WALLACE has 3 senses:

1. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)

2. English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)

3. English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)

  Familiarity information: WALLACE used as a noun is uncommon.

• WALLACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sir William Wallace; Wallace

Instance hypernyms:

freedom fighter; insurgent; insurrectionist; rebel (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))

Sense 2

Meaning:

English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edgar Wallace; Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace; Wallace

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alfred Russel Wallace; Wallace

Instance hypernyms:

natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))

 Context examples 

Crookes and Wallace ranged up on the opposing side, while Sir Oliver Lodge attempted to formulate a compromise that would jibe with his particular cosmic theories.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The object of my journey was to verify some conclusions of Wallace and of Bates, which could only be done by observing their reported facts under the same conditions in which they had themselves noted them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Summerlee desired to know how it was that Professor Challenger claimed to have made discoveries in those regions which had been overlooked by Wallace, Bates, and other previous explorers of established scientific repute.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)