Carroll

[ kar-uhl ]

noun
  1. Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.

  2. Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

  1. Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

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How to use Carroll in a sentence

  • I see shades of Elizabeth Murray and Carrol Dunham and much younger goofball painters.

  • There was a little pout on her lips as she left Carrol outside the door, and slowly bent her steps to Eleanor's private parlor.

    Winter Evening Tales | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • So the marriage took place at the end of the season, and Alice and Carrol sailed happily away into the unknown.

    Winter Evening Tales | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • "I'll send Farwell down there," said York, speaking to Carrol, who was the head of his land department.

    Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm
  • Some day, he, Carrol, might require his help and he kept a sharp eye on possibilities of that nature.

    Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm
  • His letter bore fruit; for Carrol, the mighty head of the land department, came down to see things for himself.

    Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm

British Dictionary definitions for Carroll

Carroll

/ (ˈkærəl) /


noun
  1. Lewis. real name the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. 1832–98, English writer; an Oxford mathematics don who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872) and the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

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