Clarence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæɹəns/
Etymology: Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.
Senses: examples: text: Warwick. Richard, I will create thee Duke of Gloucester;
And George, of Clarence; Warwick, as ourself,
Shall do and undo as him pleaseth best.
Richard. Let me be Duke of Clarence, George of Gloucester,
For Gloucester's dukedom is too ominous.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
glosses: A ducal title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families
glosses: An English surname.
examples: text: There is one of the novels of Miss Edgeworth - we forget which - in which a gentleman of the name of Harvey figures as a hero. Harvey! Only fancy John, Peter, or William Harvey as the hero of a novel! But Miss Edgeworth was too well acquaintanced with the philosophy of names to commit such a blunder: she made the individual Clarence Harvey, and the name has never to this day been objected to even among the female teens.
ref: 1847 William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, W. Orr July-December 1847, page 61 ( "The Aristocracy of Names")
text: Got rather a silly name. Like a hotel. You know, the Royal Clarence. That's his name. Clarence."
ref: 1973, Agatha Christie, Postern of Fate, page 221:
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A place in Australia:
A locality in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A place in Australia:
A local government area in the Greater Hobart area of south-east Tasmania, Australia, named after the Duke of Clarence and a ship with that name; in full, the City of Clarence.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Clarence River.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A place in Canada:
A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A place in Canada:
A community and former township in the city of Clarence-Rockland, eastern Ontario.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Button Township, Ford County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cedar County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barton County, Kansas.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Calhoun County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Shelby County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Erie County, New York.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Snow Shoe Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in the town of Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.
A river in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, a tributary of the Lys.
glosses: A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.
A river in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia, which discharges into the Coral Sea, named after the Duke of Clarence,
glosses: A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.
A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at Clarence.
Derived terms: clarence
Clarence House
Clarence-Rockland
Clarenceux
Clarencieux
Clarence Valley
Clarenville
Port Clarence