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carter

Syllables: cart·er/ˈkɑːtə/US/ˈkɑɹtɚ/

carter noun: a person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

Noun

carter (plural carters)

  1. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
    • The wretched girl blushed and held her tongue, while Lancelot could be seen throwing his reins to the terrified carter, and storming up the drawbridge, shouting at the top of his voice.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter 42, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book III (The Ill-Made Knight)
    • 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.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 95
  2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.

Proper noun capitalized: Carter

Carter (countable and uncountable, plural Carters)

  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 2000.2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN
    1. Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
      • In September 2019, Carter warned Americans against reelecting Trump. […] In April 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited the Carters at their home in Plains, after the former presidential couple was unable to travel to Washington for the 46th president’s inauguration.2024 December 29, Stephen Collinson, “Jimmy Carter, a one-term president who became a globe-trotting elder statesman, dies at 100”, in CNN
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A former unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
  4. A township in Spencer County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  6. A census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana.
  7. A town in Beckham County, Oklahoma.
  8. An unincorporated community in Tripp County, South Dakota.
  9. A census-designated place in Parker County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin.
  11. An unincorporated community in Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin.
  12. A census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming.

carter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

carter in Hindi

कार्टर

carter in Tamil

கார்டர், கார்ட்டர்

carter in Marathi

कार्टर

carter in Urdu

کارٹر
More languagesFewer languages
carter in Bengali
কার্টার, কার্টর
carter in Telugu
కార్టర్
carter in Malayalam
വണ്ടിക്കാരൻ, വണ്ടി ഓടിക്കുന്നവൻ, സാരഥി, വണ്ടി നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്നവൻ
carter in Kannada
ಕಾರ್ಟರ್
carter in Punjabi
ਕਾਰਟਰ
carter in Gujarati
કાર્ટર
carter in Odia
କାର୍ଟର, କାର୍ଟର୍
carter in Nepali
कार्टर, कार्टार

Forms of carter

Noun
pluralcarters
Proper noun
pluralCarters

Origin of carter

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).

As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

Words formed from carter

Phrases with carter

Words that rhyme with carter

Questions about carter

What does carter mean?
Carter means a person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
What is carter in Hindi?
Carter in Hindi is कार्टर. See Carter meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is carter?
Carter can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carter?
Carter is pronounced /ˈkɑɹtɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of carter?
The plural of carter is carters.

Words near carter in the dictionary

  1. cartellization
  2. cartellizations
  3. cartells
  4. cartels
  5. carteolol
  6. carter
  7. Carter Bar
  8. Carter catastrophe
  9. Carter County
  10. Carter Lake
  11. Carter Springs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: carter (page history and authors); Carter (page history and authors); carter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carter (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); carter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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