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Carson

[kahr-suhn]

noun

  1. Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.

  2. Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.

  3. Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.

  4. Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.

  5. a city in SW California.

  6. a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.

  7. a male or female given name.



Carson

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent

  2. Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland

  3. Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)

  4. Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Carson

  1. American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement.

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Three other international matches will also be played in Southern California during the next five days in Inglewood and Carson, but officials at both those stadiums said federal agents will not be present.

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But the graduation festivities at the school in Carson had an ominous undertone, as word had spread ahead of the event that U.S.

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Bettinelli, 33, arrives at City following the departure of Scott Carson.

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The organizers of the Los Angeles Olympic Games reveal many of the venues for the 2028 Paralympics, with Los Angeles, Long Beach and Carson hosting events.

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Olympic sites will be scattered well beyond Los Angeles proper, with volleyball in Anaheim, for instance, cricket in Pomona, cycling in Carson and swimming in Long Beach.

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