Carroll
[kar-uh l]
- Charles,1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
- Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
- Also Car·rol. a male or female given name.
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Contemporary Examples
Carroll noted that the vehicle had a Pennsylvania plate, DJV5220, registered to Michael and Deborah Frein.
Carroll is one of the members of the legislative committee investigating Christie.
Carroll was kinder, shrugging that “you can only take a person at his word.”
“I think it will add to the appeal for a lot of women,” Carroll said.
Carroll added that the exception is moderate Republican women who have a track record with policies to advance women.
Historical Examples
You were all that a young Englishman of good family and fortune should be; and so, Sir Carroll——'
Against OddsLawrence L. Lynch
There was not much doubt as to what Mrs. Carroll was wondering.
The Carroll GirlsMabel Quiller-Couch
The bedrooms, all but Mr. and Mrs. Carroll's, were very tiny.
The Carroll GirlsMabel Quiller-Couch
Mr. Carroll was only too happy to be able to do something in return.
The Carroll GirlsMabel Quiller-Couch
"Got to do it," he said, in answer to Carroll's reproachful look.
An American SuffragetteIsaac N. Stevens
Carroll
- 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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Carroll
(kăr′əl)James 1854-1907- British-born American physician noted for his research on yellow fever. In 1900 he deliberately infected himself with the disease for experimental purposes.
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