English Explanatory Dictionary

Lawler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A placename
  3. An unincorporated community in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
  4. A city in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
  6. A locality in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia.

Word forms

Lawler Lawlers Lawlor

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.

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