CARSON

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• CARSON (noun)
  The noun CARSON has 2 senses:

1. United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

2. United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)

  Familiarity information: CARSON used as a noun is rare.

• CARSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carson; Rachel Carson; Rachel Louise Carson

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

conservationist; environmentalist (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carson; Christopher Carson; Kit Carson

Instance hypernyms:

backwoodsman; frontiersman; mountain man (a man who lives on the frontier)