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Lawrence

//ˈlɒ.ɹəns// name, slang

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  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren countable, uncountable

    ""I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?""

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic. countable, uncountable

    ""My name is Richard Lawrence." Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky."

  3. 3
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Marion County, Indiana. countable, uncountable

    "A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts."

  5. 5
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Massachusetts, and one of the two county seats of Essex County. countable, uncountable

    "Two Lawrence men were indicted in June in connection with an extensive fentanyl and heroin distribution operation involving more than $1 million in drugs."

  2. 7
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An extinct village in St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Newton County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in St. Lawrence County, New York. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Brown County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A placename:; A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lawrence Township. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A placename:; A town in Clarence Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A placename:; A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
  18. 23
    A placename:; A small town in Otago, New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence. countable, uncountable
  19. 24
    Ellipsis of Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relations; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

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