Lawrence

plural Lawrences · alternative Lieurance

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

   Aberdeen have confirmed, external Ash Taylor and Lawrence Shankland will follow Ryan Jack, Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett in leaving the club this summer.

   2017 May 31, “Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 May 2021, retrieved 02 Sep 2026

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   "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. countableuncountableA 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 placename:
   1. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois.
   2. countableuncountableA 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 28, 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

   3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas.
   4. countableuncountableA 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

   5. countableuncountableA township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
   6. countableuncountableAn extinct village in St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, Minnesota.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Newton County, Mississippi.
   8. countableuncountableA village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
   9. countableuncountableA village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
   10. countableuncountableA town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
   11. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
   12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas.
   13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.
   14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington.
   15. countableuncountableA town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
   16. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin.
   17. countableuncountableA town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
   18. countableuncountableA number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lawrence Township.
   19. countableuncountableA town in Clarence Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
   20. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
   21. countableuncountableA small town in Otago, New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
4. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis 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.