Meaning

noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

noun United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

originFrom Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm,…

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