carroll

plural carrolls

1. alternativearchaicAlternative spelling of carol.

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

   1632, Randle Cotgrave, Robert Sherwood, “Carolle”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Compiled by Randle Cotgrave. Wherevnto is also Annexed a Most Copious Dictionarie, of the English Set before the French. By R[obert] S[herwood,] L[ondoner], London: Printed by Adam Islip, →OCLC

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   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.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

present singular third person carrolls · participle present carrolling · participle past carrolled · past carrolled

1. alternativearchaicAlternative form of carol.

   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, [...]

   1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “October. Ægloga Decima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 41, recto

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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 medling elfe delights to make, Which ſhe with precious viol'd liquors heales; For which the ſhepheards at their feſtivalls Carroll her goodneſſe lowd in ruſticke layes, And throw ſweet garland wreaths into her ſtreame Of pancies, pinks, and gaudie daffadills.

   Comus

   1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC, page 29, lines 842–851

   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 with-drawn ſo long. The pratling birds, the purling ſtreams Do carroll forth her wedding ſong.

   1656, T. S., “The Third Month Called May hath xxxj Dayes”, in An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1656. Being First after Leap Year; and from the Creation 5588. … Calculated for the Longitude of 315 gr: and 42 gr: 30 min. of N. Lat: and may Generally Serve for the Most Part of New England, Cambridge, Mass.: Printed by Samuel Green, →OCLC

plural Carrolls

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   2016 April 23, “IMPD 11th Recruit Class sworn in as Officers”, in IndyStar, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025

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

plural Carrolls

1. An early-ripening apple cultivar.