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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“Why, I never was in a carriage in all my life,” said Sweetie, as he lifted her into his beautiful clarence, and sat down beside her.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
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
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
It was a clarence, with dark subdued-looking panels, only ornamented by a vermilion crest.
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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
Justice Clarence Thomas asked a lawyer representing Boulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Two pilots and two medical staff, both Canadian, had flown to Bermuda to collect a patient and their relative, Clarence Togeretz, director of flight operations at Latitude, told CBC News.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Mr. Lemoncello, Dr. Zinchenko, and Clarence were standing in the same spot that had served as the starting line for the Library Cart Relay Race.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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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