Wallace - Definition
wallace
n 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) [syn: Wallace, Sir
William Wallace]
2: English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) [syn:
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace]
3: English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that
resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) [syn: Wallace,
Alfred Russel Wallace]