Source : WordNet®

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