Lenoir

[luh-nwar, luh-nawr, -nohr]

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Jean Joseph Étienne 1822–1900, French inventor.
a town in W North Carolina.

Lenoir

French inventor who in 1859 constructed the first practical internal-combustion engine, which was fueled by coal gas and air. He later built a car and a boat that were powered by this engine.

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According to the lawsuit, Johnson successfully recruited four players — San Francisco 49ers defensive back Deommodore Lenoir, Chicago Bears defensive back Jaylon Johnson, Atlanta Falcons defensive back Mike Hughes and Green Bay Packers receiver Romeo Doubs — for Ellison but “has not received his earned percentage of Defendant’s full commission.”

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Salesian High graduate Deommodore Lenoir shows how dreams can come true with a sharp focus on your dreams.

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Two NFL players, Keisean Nixon of the Green Bay Packers and Deommodore Lenoir of the San Francisco 49ers, members of Salesian’s 2013 Southern Section championship team, were chosen for the Golden Mustang award that honors alumni and other supporters of the school.

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As I walked through them, I immediately went to those representing Lenoir County and Jones County, North Carolina, where most of my family was born and raised.

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One victim was listed in Lenoir County, Lazarus Rouse on August 1, 1916, and one, Jerome Whitefield, on August 14, 1921, in Jones County.

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