noun
1. United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
• Syn: ↑Rachel Carson, ↑Rachel Louise Carson
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑biologist, ↑life scientist, ↑environmentalist, ↑conservationist
2. United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868)
• Syn: ↑Kit Carson, ↑Christopher Carson
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑frontiersman, ↑backwoodsman, ↑mountain man
Useful english dictionary. 2012.