Carmichael

[kahr-mahy-kuhl]

noun

1. Hoagland Howard Hoagy, 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.

2. Stokely Kwame Ture, 1941–1998, U.S. civil rights leader, born in Trinidad: chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1966–67.

3. a town in central California, near Sacramento.

Carmichael

/ kɑːˈmaɪkəl /

noun

1. Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929).

Example Sentences

Callum Carmichael: I never thought Martin was the right manager for us from day one but having appointed him I was prepared to back him until things went wrong.

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It stands at the heart of a long-running standoff between part of the local Indigenous community and the Carmichael coal mine, one of the country's most controversial mining projects.

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I knew it was a great song, like the people I admired so much: Hoagy Carmichael or Leiber & Stoller or Lennon & McCartney.

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And in Malcolm X, the complex street hustler turned Black nationalist firebrand worshipped by everyone from Stokely Carmichael to Clarence Thomas, Kendi believes he has the perfect subject for the moment.

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Carr, who was also a writer and producer on “The Carmichael Show,” was struck by Hunter’s instinct for bringing written ideas to visual life.

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