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Laurence

//ˈlɒ.ɹəns// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lauren.

    "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."

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of lowrie. obsolete

Etymology

From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”).

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