Carroll

American

[kar-uhl] / ˈkær əl /

noun

Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.
Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

Carroll British

/ 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)

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She served as lead attorney in the E. Jean Carroll case, during which the judge admonished her repeatedly for her poor legal skills.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gov. Jennifer Carroll, has ever won office statewide in Florida.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Please bring Pete Carroll back immediately as coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Administrators at Carroll College spent years discussing how—or whether—to change its high-price, high-discount model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And this is the puzzle of the Amadou Diallo case, because in the early hours of February 4, 1999, Sean Carroll and his fellow officers for some reason could not do this at all.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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