CAREW

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• CAREW (noun)
  The noun CAREW has 1 sense:

1. Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)

  Familiarity information: CAREW used as a noun is very rare.

• CAREW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carew; Thomas Carew

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

 Context examples 

“Yes,” said he, “I recognise him. I am sorry to say that this is Sir Danvers Carew.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Carew was my client, but so are you, and I want to know what I am doing. You have not been mad enough to hide this fellow?”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The creature who crept into my house that night was, on Jekyll’s own confession, known by the name of Hyde and hunted for in every corner of the land as the murderer of Carew.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)