Carson

[kahr-suhn]

noun

1. Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.

2. Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.

3. Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.

4. Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.

5. a city in SW California.

6. a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.

7. a male or female given name.

Carson

/ ˈkɑːsən /

noun

1. Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent

2. Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland

3. Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)

4. Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)

Carson

1. American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement.

Example Sentences

“What’s made AFI unique is that we have so many different influences, and they always find a way into our music,” Carson says.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, a fire at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson sent flames at least 100 feet into the air and sparked hours of concern.

From Los Angeles Times

Hard to know what to make of Carson Wentz, who can be all over the map.

From Los Angeles Times

The rival “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” regularly pulled in 11 million viewers.

From Salon

In the 1990s, for example, Johnny Carson’s final episode in 1992 drew 50 million viewers.

From Los Angeles Times