Carroll

[ kar-uhl ]

/ ˈkær əl /

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noun

Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.

Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

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Words nearby Carroll

carrion beetle, carrion crow, carrion flower, Carrión's disease, carritch, Carroll, Carroll, Lewis, Carrollton, carromata, carronade, carron oil

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How to use Carroll in a sentence

The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Carroll noted that the vehicle had a Pennsylvania plate, DJV5220, registered to Michael and Deborah Frein.
Manhunt for a Cop-Hating Pennsylvania ‘Survivalist’|Michael Daly|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lewis Carroll, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, and Vincent van Gogh all likely experienced the condition.
The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Carroll is one of the members of the legislative committee investigating Christie.
Dems Troll Christie on Bridgegate|Olivia Nuzzi|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg and Linda Qiu contributed to this report.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: July 20|PunditFact.com|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Next Skinny Carroll, nervously avoiding the black looks of Bunny and his crew, came forward and was sworn.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
He was awakened by hearing this other witness, Carroll, shout a warning that the police were coming.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
"Surest pipe you ever lit," affirmed Skinny Carroll, in the only style of speech of which he was master.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock
The workmen were tearing down a house to make room for Mr. Carroll's coming palace.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2|Various
Mrs. Carroll crouched down in a chair by the side of the bed, the image of hopeless woe.
A Dreadful Temptation|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for Carroll

Carroll

/ (ˈkærəl) /

noun

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)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for Carroll

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.