Meaning

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

    Fuhrmann m Wagner, Kärrner

  2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.

More definitions
  • someone whose work is driving carts
  • 39th President of the United States (1924-)
  • Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Jimmy Carter was the first US president born in a hospital.

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  2. "Well, 'tis oonly what has come in my way," said the carter unboastfully.

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  3. It was yesterday morning that I saw Mr Carter.

    deEs war gestern Morgen, als ich Herrn Carter gesehen habe.

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  4. It was yesterday morning that I saw Mr. Carter.

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  5. It was yesterday morning when Mary saw Mr. Carter.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart:

Origin

From Middle English carter, cartere, cartare, equivalent to cart + -er. Merged with Middle

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).

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Forms

plural: carters
Singularcarter
Pluralcarters

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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