What is another word for Lester?

Pronunciation: [lˈɛstə] (IPA)

Synonyms for Lester:

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Usage examples for Lester

Henry Galleon was indeed gone, but there were a few-Mrs. Launce, Alfred Lester, William Trent, Alfred Hext-who had taken a real and encouraging interest in him from the beginning.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
"Drawer-Helen Lester," he read.
"The Chestermarke Instinct"
J. S. Fletcher
I suppose you gentlemen don't know who this Mrs. or Miss Helen Lester is?
"The Chestermarke Instinct"
J. S. Fletcher

Famous quotes with Lester

  • Probably having fallen in love with music and movies at a young age and then first learning about writing by kind of following the path of writers like Dave Marsh and Lester Bangs and being a rock journalist.
    Cameron Crowe
  • In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.
    Lee Konitz
  • I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.
    Sonny Rollins
  • Scientology is bullshit! Man, I was there the night L. Ron Hubbard invented it, for Christ's sakes! … We were sitting around one night... who else was there? Alfred Bester, and Cyril Kornbluth, and Lester del Rey, and Ron Hubbard, who was making a penny a word, and had been for years. And he said "This bullshit's got to stop!" He says, "I gotta get money." He says, "I want to get rich". And somebody said, "why don't you invent a new religion? They're always big." We were clowning! You know, "Become Elmer Gantry! You'll make a fortune!" He says, "I'm going to do it."
    Harlan Ellison

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