Clarence Definition

klărəns
noun
A masculine name: var. Clare.
Webster's New World
A closed, four-wheeled carriage with seats for four inside and a seat for the driver outside.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A male given name.
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A ducal title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families.

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An English surname​.

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A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.

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A name given to several rivers, including one in France and others in countries settled by the British.

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Other Word Forms of Clarence

Noun

Singular:
clarence
Plural:
clarences

Origin of Clarence

  • Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, believed to originate from the town of Clare, Suffolk, although it has also been associated with Clarentza in the Principality of Achaea.

    From Wiktionary

  • Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom.

    From Wiktionary

  • After the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), later William IV of England

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Clarence Sentence Examples

  • But the rights of Clarence were conveyed in the first instance to an only daughter, and the ambition and policy of the house of Lancaster, profiting by advantageous circumstances, enabled them not only to gain possession of the throne but to maintain themselves in it for three generations before they were dispossessed by the representatives of the elder brother.

  • He lived with the exiled court of Margaret of Anjou at Bar until 1470, and took an active part in the diplomacy which led to the coalition of Warwick and Clarence with the Lancastrians and Louis XI., and indirectly to Edward IV.'s expulsion from the throne.

  • As the tableland runs northward it decreases both in height and width, until it narrows to a few miles only, with an elevation of scarcely 1500 ft.; under the name of the Blue Mountains the plateau widens again and increases in altitude, the chief peaks being Mount Clarence(4000 ft.), Mount Victoria (3525 ft.), and Mount Hay (3270 ft.).

  • Taking them from north to south, the principal rivers are the Richmond, Clarence, Macleay, Hastings, Manning, Hunter, Hawkesbury and Shoalhaven.

  • In New South Wales chromium is found in the northern portion of the state, in the Clarence and Tamworth districts and also near Gundagai.

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