Lawrences

Proper noun

Lawrence (countable and uncountable, plural Lawrences)

1. A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
   • "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?"2003, Elise Title, Inside Out: A Mystery, St.Martin's Minotaur, published 2003, →ISBN, page 69
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • "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.2007, John Dunning, The Bookworm's Last Fling, Simon & Schuster, published 2007, →ISBN, page 321
3. A census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois.
4. A city in Marion County, Indiana.
   • 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.2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022, page 6
5. A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas.
6. A city in Massachusetts, and one of the two county seats of Essex County.
   • Two Lawrence men were indicted in June in connection with an extensive fentanyl and heroin distribution operation involving more than $1 million in drugs.2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021

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