Carroll

American  

[kar-uhl] / ˈkær əl /

noun

1. Charles, 1737–1832, American patriot and legislator.

2. Lewis, pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

3. Also Carrol. a male or female given name.

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Carroll British  

/ ˈkærəl /

noun

1. Lewis. real name the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. 1832–98, English writer; an Oxford mathematics don who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872) and the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

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Example Sentences

Stifel strategists led by Thomas Carroll and Barry Bannister reiterated their 2026 estimate of 7000 for the index on Monday.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

For Tony Gallardo and his partner, David Carroll, closing a $7,000 property remotely from Australia was the easy part.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

For Carroll, one of the worst parts, obviously, was that his character would be dead and he was out of an acting job.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Carroll said he had been too unwell to deal with company business at the time the funds became bona vacantia.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Diallo’s face might tell him something different, but Carroll isn’t looking at Diallo’s face—and even if he were, it isn’t clear that he would understand what he saw there.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell