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A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
A township in Clark County, Indiana.
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A place in the United States:
A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
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A place in the United States:
A township in Durham County, North Carolina.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
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name
A place in England:
A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in England:
A hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
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noun
In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)
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noun
Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
Rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Northumberland
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History
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr. * As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey. * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”)) * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).
From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh2er- (“hard”).
