carrow

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/ˈkæɹəʊ/

noun

A gambler in Ireland.

OriginIrish cearrbhach →
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Meanings

carrow1

nouncarrow (plural carrows)

plural carrows

  1. obsoleteA gambler in Ireland.

    Did you blame me even now for wishing of Kern Horse-Boys and Carrows to be clean cut off , as too violent a means; and do you yourself now prescribe the same Medicine?

    1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC

Carrow2

proper nounCarrow (plural Carrows)

plural Carrows

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Irishcearrbhach
  2. Englishcarrow

From Irish cearrbhach; compare Scottish Gaelic cearrach, from ceàrrbhag (“the left hand”), from ceàrr (“left”).

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APA

carrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrow

MLA

“carrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrow.

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