Carroll

//ˈkæɹəl// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An early-ripening apple cultivar.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of carol. alt-of, alternative, archaic

    "The humane mortals want their winter heere No night is now with hymme or carroll bleſt; Therefore the Moone (the gouerneſſe of floods) Pale in her anger, waſhes all the aire; That Rheumaticke diſeaſes do abound."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of carol. alt-of, alternative, archaic

    "And when the ſtubborne ſtroke of ſtronger ſtounds, Has ſomewhat ſlackt the tenor of thy ſtring; Of loue and luſtihead tho maiſt thou ſing, And carroll lowde, and leade the Millers rounde, [...]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish derived from the Irish Ó Cearbhaill.

    "IMPD recruits Matthew Carroll, right, and John Calhoun, along with their other classmates take the oath of IMPD officer."

  2. 2
    Lewis Carroll - pseudonym of British author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Iowa.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Wayne County, Nebraska.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Fairfield County, Ohio.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa (2), Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania (3).
  7. 12
    A village in Gunnedah Shire, northern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

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charles lutwidge dodgson

Example

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"The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin."

Related phrases

Carroll CountyCarrolls CreekEast Carroll ParishMount CarrollWest Carroll Parishcarroll countycounty seat

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