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lourie
n. Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
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Lourie
Lourie is a name from Scotland, Northern England and Ireland. It often appears as Laurie and Lowry. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Lourié (born 1892), Russian composer
- Don Lourie (born 1899), American football player
- Eugene Lourié (1903-1991), Parisian Art Director born in the Ukraine
- Evgeniya Lourié - married Boris Pasternak in 1922.
- Joel Lourie (born 1962), Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate
- John Lourie Beveridge (1824–1910), governor of Illinois
- Serge Lourie (born 1946), English councillor and Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council
- Peter Lourie (born 1952), Michigan writer
Usage examples of "lourie".
The Northern California Holocaust Center, and the Lourie and Friedman families, who welcomed me to their family reunion in Charleston.
He fledged it with the purple feathers of the lourie, and padded the tip with a ball of tanned spring buck skin stuffed with sunbird feathers so that it would inflict no pain or injury on Letee.