Lemuel

[ lem-yoo-uhl ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “devoted to God.”

Example Sentences

Schneider said the tactic is known in legal circles as “Boulwarism,” a practice named after General Electric Co.’s chief negotiator, Lemuel Ricketts Boulware, who tried in the 1960s to force an agreement with the International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, as a “take-it-or-leave it” approach to negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times

The first, in 1981, was “Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by Members of the Ku Klux Klan,” an account of Penn’s 1964 death.

From Seattle Times

His death, at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Correctional Unit, was caused by prostate cancer, Samantha Higgins, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, said in an email on Monday.

From New York Times

Gen. Lemuel Mathewson, to the Little Theatre of Alexandria to use in stage productions.

From Washington Post

“Some give credit for the dish to Pope Benedict the Thirteenth, who was put on a strict eggs and toast diet. However, most culinary experts agree that the dish was named after Lemuel Benedict, a Wall Street stockbroker who wandered into a hotel one morning in 1894 and, hoping to find a cure for his grogginess, ordered buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a dollop of hollandaise sauce. Canadian bacon was soon substituted for the regular bacon, and the rest is, as they say, history.”

From Literature