carroll

/ˈkæɹəl/

name 5noun 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

right

VERB + CARROLL

popularised

Lewis Carroll popularised the literary nonsense genre through his imaginative and whimsical children's stories.

CARROLL + NOUN

adventures, alice's, ble, chri, john, leade, lowde, t

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the most beloved children's books ever written.

PREP.

in, with

I found an old photograph of my grandmother in a carroll at the county fair.

Definitions

name

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.

Lewis Carroll - pseudonym of British author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.

A number of places in the United States:

noun

An early-ripening apple cultivar.

noun

Alternative spelling of carol.

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.

Carolle: f[eminine]. A kind of daunce wherein many daunce together; alſo, a Carroll, or Chriſtmas ſong.

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Synonyms

noun — English author

dodgson

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

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Carolle: f[eminine]. A kind of daunce wherein many daunce together; alſo, a Carroll, or Chriſtmas ſong.

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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, [...]

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[S]till ſhe [Sabrina, a water nymph] retaines Her maiden gentleneſſe, and oft at eve Viſits the heards along the twilight meadows, Helping all urchin blaſts, and ill lucke ſignes, That the ſhrewd medl

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Now Sol hath ſcap't the Oxes horn, The Ram, the winds, the ſtormes, and harms; The loving Twins by Leda born, Will entertain him in their arms. And Flora ſmiles to feel thoſe beams Which whilom were w

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Usage Notes

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