Definition of Carlyle

1. Noun. Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881).

Exact synonyms: Thomas Carlyle
Generic synonyms: Historian, Historiographer

Definition of Carlyle

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old English dot=) derived from Carlisle; the most famous to bear it was wikipedia:Thomas Carlyle Thomas Carlyle. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. Any of a number of places in the US named for people with the surname. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carlyle

Carlists
Carlo
Carlo Goldoni
Carlos
Carlos Chavez
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos the Jackal
Carlovingian
Carlovingian dynasty
Carlow
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlton
Carly
Carlyle
Carlylean
Carmadie
Carman
Carman's sign
Carmarthenshire
Carmathian
Carmathians
Carmatian
Carmatians
Carmel
Carmeleno
Carmelite
Carmelite order
Carmelites

Literary usage of Carlyle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"full response—we cannot doubt that the world would have known Jane Welsh carlyle as a writer. But that career was closed to her, and all connected with ..."

2. Catalogueby Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Washburn Observatory, Colorado State Library, Exeter (R.I.), Woodman Astronomical Library, Liverpool (England) by Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Washburn Observatory, Colorado State Library, Exeter (R.I.), Woodman Astronomical Library, Liverpool (England) (1884)
"carlyle, T. (In carlyle, Jane W. Letters and Memorials of, prepared for Publication ... 1883 H Conway, MD Thomas carlyle 1881 E Froude, JA Thomas carlyle . ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1891)
"carlyle 20 Poems. Ruskin 20 Poetry of Architecture ; Giotto and His Works. ... carlyle 25 Life of John Sterling. carlyle 25 Latter-day Pamphlets. ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"127 appends to account of carlyle'e life a list of the uncollected writings an ... KH Shepherd has published a Bibliography ol Thoma» carlyle, London, 1881, ..."

5. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the by William Joseph Long (1909)
"carlyle lives apart from all practical interests, looks with distrust on the ... carlyle is like a Hebrew prophet just in from the desert, and the burden of ..."

6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"carlyle finds this type earnest and sternly impressive. ... carlyle eulogizes his heroes for the work that they have done in the world. ..."

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