Lee Definition

lē

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.

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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: Lǐ) and other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)

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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.

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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 lä, Danish læ, 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