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Definition of Carter

1. Noun. Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939).

2. Noun. 39th President of the United States (1924-).

3. Noun. Someone whose work is driving carts.

Definition of Carter

1. n. A charioteer.

Definition of Carter

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An occupational from=Middle English dot=) for someone who was a carter. ¹

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

3. Noun. (dated) A person who transported goods on a horse-drawn cart ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carter

1. one that carts [n -S] - See also: carts

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carter

carte du jour carted cartel cartelise cartelised cartelises cartelising cartelization cartelizations cartelize

cartelized cartelizes cartelizing cartels carteolol carter carters cartes cartes blanches cartesian

cartesian coordinate cartesian coordinate system cartesian nomogram cartesian plane cartesian product cartful cartfuls carthamin carthamus carthorse

Literary usage of Carter

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

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Whittle told Hartwell that it was an impossibility to let the money go back tc Carter, and that any deficiency must be paid in before 10 o'clock the next ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"A part of the consideration for this conveyance was the agreement of the grantees to pay to Tilton T. Carter, the youngest son of the grantor, ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Robert Masters, to whom Carter used to send the whole budget of his correspondence. Carter, ' having a email family and a bad wife,' was forced to desert ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"Carter gave fome particular members leave to fet off their ... they had in the money due upon the bond from Carter. LORD CHANCELLOR, ' pec"'? ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"After Carter had been convicted, there occurred in the city of New York certain ... Carter was included in the same indictments, but was not a party to the ..."

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