carson Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
   Rachel Carson; Rachel Louise Carson.
   
2. noun United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
   Kit Carson; Christopher Carson.
   

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