clarence
noun
a closed, four-wheeled carriage, usually with a glass front, with seats inside for four persons.
clarence
1 American
[klar-uhns]
/ ˈklær əns /
noun
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clarences
plural
Clarence
2
American
[klar-uhns]
/ ˈklær əns /
noun
clarence
British
/ ˈklærəns /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of clarence
1830–40; named after Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), later William IV
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The ladies gladly made room for him in the clarence.
From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray
The emigrants started per coach, while our party drove up in a new clarence which I had brought from England.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
The bugle had by this time arrived quite close to the clarence carriage, and if Morgiana had looked round she might have seen whence the music came.
From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray
Mrs. William Hoboken haz had her clarence nuly painted.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
But Woolsey humbly said he was not a riding man, and gladly consented to take a place in the clarence carriage, provided he was allowed to bear half the expenses of the entertainment.
From Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray
As for the Supreme Court, retirement does not appear imminent for either of the justices considered the most likely to hang up their robes -- 76-year-old Samuel Alito and 78-year-old Clarence Thomas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Williams brought with him some of his ex-players, including former Sylmar quarterback Clarence Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Justice Clarence Thomas asked Russell to identify a “limiting principle” for who could be sued under Boulder County’s legal theory.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
But the Culture Centre on Clarence Street offered something different, becoming a hub for music, dancing and community.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
As nearly everyone knows, Clarence Darrow, for the defense, roundly humiliated William Jennings Bryan, for the prosecution, but what most people don’t realize is that Darrow lost the case.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Suffice it, there they all were to criticise us, and pretty sharply I dare say they did it, when they were out of our hearing, in their respective clarences, broughams, dog-carts, drags, tilburies, and hansoms.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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