Carson

[ kahr-suhn ]

noun

1. Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
2. Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.
3. Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.
4. Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.
5. a city in SW California.
6. a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.
7. a male or female given name.

Carson

/ ˈkɑːsən /

noun

1. CarsonChristopher18091868MUSTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: frontiersmanMISC: trapperMISC: scoutMISC: Indian agent Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
2. CarsonEdward Henry18541935MIrishPOLITICS: politicianLAW: lawyer Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland
3. CarsonRachel (Louise)19071964FUSSCIENCE: biologistWRITING: science writerWRITING: author Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)
4. CarsonWillie1942MScottishSPORT AND GAMES: jockey Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)

Carson

/ kär′sən /

1. American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement.

Example Sentences

“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

From The Daily Beast

And, not entirely coincidentally, he had to do the song on Johnny Carson.

From The Daily Beast

She wrote for LIFE magazine and would go on Johnny Carson to promote her books.

From The Daily Beast

The possibility that Ben Carson might run for president in 2016 first began to seem likely three years out, in February 2013.

From The Daily Beast

But for the National Draft Ben Carson for President PAC to get going, they needed a Web domain.

From The Daily Beast

If Carson is with Badger when we get there, we'll have ten men.

From Project Gutenberg

Her home is in Sacramento, but she has relatives in Carson City.

From Project Gutenberg

But she was shrewd, and she gave him the slip before Carson was reached.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he told me how he had seen me in Carson, and had mistaken me, at first, for some one else.

From Project Gutenberg

Carson was swelling with rage when he stepped onto the platform of the list.

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