Clarence
See also: clarence
English
Etymology
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 Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklæɹəns/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Clarence
- A ducal title which has been traditionally awarded to junior members of the English and British royal families
- 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 606515358, [Act II, scene vi]:
- 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.
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- An English surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1847 William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, W. Orr July-December 1847, page 61 ( "The Aristocracy of Names"):
- 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.
- 1973 Agatha Christie: Postern of Fate: page 221:
- Got rather a silly name. Like a hotel. You know, the Royal Clarence. That's his name. Clarence."
- 1847 William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, W. Orr July-December 1847, page 61 ( "The Aristocracy of Names"):
- A placename given to towns in countries settled by the British.
- The City of Clarence, 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.
- A settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand, near the mouth of the Clarence River. [1]
- 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
- Clarenceux, Clarencieux
- Clarenville
- Port Clarence
Translations
ducal title
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English surname
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male given name
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References
- NZ Topo Map
Anagrams
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English Clarence.
Proper noun
Clarence
- a male given name from English