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Carter

name
/ˈkɑɹtɚ/US/ˈkɑːtə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English carter, cartere, cartare, equivalent to cart + -er. Merged with Middle English careter, caretier (“coachman, charioteer”, a surname), from Anglo-Norman careter (compare French charretier).

  1. derived from careter
  2. inherited from carter

Definitions

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.

    • In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  3. A number of places in the United States

    A number of places in the United States:

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

      • They were all two-horse wagons with sacks piled high above their sides and covered with tarpaulins. The wagon train had evidently only just moved out, and the carters had not yet taken their seats but were walking alongside.

    2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.

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Derived

cane carter, carterly, shit-carter, under-carter, undercarter

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA