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carrow

/ˈkæɹəʊ/

carrow noun: a gambler in Ireland.

Noun

carrow (plural carrows)

  1. (obsolete) A gambler in Ireland.
    • Did you blame me even now for wishing of Kern Horse-Boys and Carrows to be clean cut off , as too violent a means; and do you yourself now prescribe the same Medicine?1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

Proper noun capitalized: Carrow

Carrow (plural Carrows)

  1. A surname.

Forms of carrow

Noun
pluralcarrows
Proper noun
pluralCarrows

Origin of carrow

From Irish cearrbhach; compare Scottish Gaelic cearrach, from ceàrrbhag (“the left hand”), from ceàrr (“left”).

Questions about carrow

What does carrow mean?
Carrow means a gambler in Ireland.
What part of speech is carrow?
Carrow can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carrow?
Carrow is pronounced /ˈkæɹəʊ/.
What is the plural of carrow?
The plural of carrow is carrows.

Words near carrow in the dictionary

  1. carrotwood
  2. carrotwoods
  3. carroty
  4. carrousel
  5. carrousels
  6. carrow
  7. Carrowbrook
  8. Carrowen
  9. carrows
  10. Carrozza
  11. Carrozzas

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