clarence








noun

  1. a closed, four-wheeled carriage, usually with a glass front, with seats inside for four persons.

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear one.”

noun

  1. a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, having a glass front

surname, from Medieval Latin Clarencia, name of dukedom created 1362 for Lionel, third son of Edward III, so called from town of Clare, Suffolk, whose heiress Lionel married. Used as a masc. proper name from late 19c. As a type of four-wheeled closed carriage, named for the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

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