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Laurence - What does it mean?

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laurence

English

Alternative forms

* Lawrence (usual US spelling)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene IV
    • Romeo : Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.
  • * 1835 , Lodore , Wallis&Newell 1835, page 30:
    • "I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence''''' to you - Miss Vivian calls me '''Laurence''' - I am '''Laurence''' to every one but you - let me hear you call me ' Laurence ," in an earnest manner.

    • Related terms

    * pet forms: Larry, Laurie, Lawrie * variants: Lars, Loren, Lorenzo

    See also

    * Laura and its variants

    Anagrams

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.