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Webster 1913 Edition

Carol

Car′ol

,
Noun.
[OF.
carole
a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr.
caroler
to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor.
koroll
, n.,
korolla
,
korolli
, v., Ir.
car
music, turn, circular motion, also L.
choraula
a flute player,
charus
a dance, chorus, choir.]
1.
A round dance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
The costly feast, the
carol
, and the dance.
Dryden
It was the
carol
of a bird.
Byron.
3.
A song of praise of devotion;
as, a Christmas or Easter
carol
.
Heard a
carol
, mournful, holy.
Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your
carol
of high praise.
Keble.
4.
Joyful music, as of a song.
I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar
carol
play.
Longfellow.

Car′ol

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Caroled
, or
Carolled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Caroling
, or
Carolling
.]
1.
To praise or celebrate in song.
The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol
her goodness.
Milton.
2.
To sing, especially with joyful notes.
Hovering swans . . .
carol
sounds harmonious.
Prior.

Car′ol

,
Verb.
I.
To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
And
carol
of love’s high praise.
Spenser.
The gray linnets
carol
from the hill.
Beattie.
A bay window may thus be called a
carol
.
Parker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Carol

CAROL

,
Noun.
A song of joy and exultation; a song of devotion; or a song in general.

CAROL

,
Verb.
I.
To sing; to warble; to sing in joy or festivity.

CAROL

,
Verb.
T.
To praise or celebrate in song.

Definition 2024

Carol

Carol

See also: carol

English

Proper noun

Carol

  1. A female given name, popular in the middle of the 20th century.
    • 1873 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls page 179:
      Carol is fifteen years old and I'm sixteen. Her name is really Caroline, but she hates it and wants to be called Carol - it's so much prettier.
    • 2006 Joyce Winters: Let Your Light Shine ISBN 160034593X page 209:
      "Holly, would you mind if I named my little girl 'Holly'? I mean, it's right around Christmas time, and I always think of holly with Christmas. I like the name Carol, too, like Christmas carol. I heard once that the name Carol means 'song of joy'".
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Etymology 2

Shortened from Latin Carolus; also an Anglicization of Romanian Carol , or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English Charles.

Proper noun

Carol

  1. A male given name.
    • 1899 The English Illustrated Magazine. MacMillan and Co.Item notes V.21, page 295:
      This table shows the curious fact that little Prince Carol of Roumania (who is at once the great-grandson and the third cousin of Queen Victoria) has a better hereditary right to the British Throne than Her Majesty.
    • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon: Over the Garden Wall: Boys' Names:
      What splendid names for boys there are!
      There's Carol like a rolling car
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carol

carol

See also: Carol

English

Noun

carol ‎(plural carols)

  1. (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
  2. A song of joy.
    • Dryden
      the costly feast, the carol, and the dance
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
      The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.
  3. A religious song or ballad of joy.
    They sang a Christmas carol.
    • Keble
      In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
    • Longfellow
      I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carol play.

Translations

Verb

carol ‎(third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (UK) carolling or (US) caroling, simple past and past participle (UK) carolled or (US) caroled)

  1. (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
    • Spenser
      carol of love's high praise
    • Beattie
      The gray linnets carol from the hill.
  2. (intransitive) To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
  3. (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
    • Milton
      The shepherds at their festivals / Carol her goodness.
  4. (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
    • Prior
      Hovering swans […] carol sounds harmonious.

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Venetian

Noun

carol m (plural caroli) or carol m (plural carułi)

  1. woodworm
  2. dental caries

Related terms

Etymology

Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ærəl

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