Monroe

Mon·roe  (mn-r)

A city of northeast-central Louisiana east of Shreveport. Founded in 1785, it is an industrial center. Population: 52,300.

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Monroe, Harriet 1860-1936.

American poet who founded and edited (1912-1936) Poetry, an influential magazine in which works of Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and William Carlos Williams, among others, were first published.

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Monroe, James 1758-1831.

The fifth President of the United States (1817-1825), whose administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819), the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state, and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas.

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Monroe, Marilyn Originally Norma Jean Baker. 1926-1962.

American actress noted for her roles in movies such as Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Misfits (1961) and for her tragic death.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Monroe - United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962) Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Baker
	2.	Monroe - 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831) James Monroe, President Monroe
	3.	Monroe - a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State, MI - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
	4.	Monroe - a town in north central Louisiana Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War