Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carson

2 senses of carson

Sense 1
Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson -- (United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964))
       INSTANCE OF=> biologist, life scientist -- ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
       INSTANCE OF=> environmentalist, conservationist -- (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)

Sense 2
Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson -- (United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868))
       INSTANCE OF=> frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man -- (a man who lives on the frontier)