Carroll

[ kar-uhl ]

noun

1. Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
2. Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
3. Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

Carroll

/ ˈkærəl /

noun

1. CarrollLewis18321898MEnglishWRITING: children's authorSCIENCE: mathematician 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)

Example Sentences

He has also disagreed with Carroll’s preferred offensive philosophy, which is to go back to a run-first approach.

From Washington Post

Trees obscured their view of Woods’s vehicle from Carroll’s back porch, but they learned soon enough that an accident had taken place.

From Washington Post

As an adult, Carroll struggled with difficult boyfriends, depression, eating disorders, and excessive drinking.

From Fortune

After the first round of clinics at two facilities in Carroll and Howard counties, more than 50 percent of all staff had been vaccinated, and more are expected to sign up for the second round.

From Washington Post

In Seattle, however, Schneider reports to team chair Jody Allen, not Carroll.

From Washington Post

The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.

From The Daily Beast

Carroll noted that the vehicle had a Pennsylvania plate, DJV5220, registered to Michael and Deborah Frein.

From The Daily Beast

Lewis Carroll, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, and Vincent van Gogh all likely experienced the condition.

From The Daily Beast

Carroll is one of the members of the legislative committee investigating Christie.

From The Daily Beast

Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg and Linda Qiu contributed to this report.

From The Daily Beast

Next Skinny Carroll, nervously avoiding the black looks of Bunny and his crew, came forward and was sworn.

From Project Gutenberg

He was awakened by hearing this other witness, Carroll, shout a warning that the police were coming.

From Project Gutenberg

"Surest pipe you ever lit," affirmed Skinny Carroll, in the only style of speech of which he was master.

From Project Gutenberg

The workmen were tearing down a house to make room for Mr. Carroll's coming palace.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Carroll crouched down in a chair by the side of the bed, the image of hopeless woe.

From Project Gutenberg