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carte |
carte blanche |
carte de visite |
carte du jour |
cartel |
carter
| carter administration
| cartesian
| cartesian coordinate
| cartesian coordinate system
| cartesian plane
carter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun carter has 3 senses
- carter(n = noun.person) howard carter - Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939); Array is a kind of egyptologist
- carter(n = noun.person) james earl carter, james earl carter jr., jimmy carter, president carter - 39th President of the United States (1924-); Array is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president
- carter(n = noun.person) Array - someone whose work is driving carts; Array is a kind of worker
Derived form verb cart2
CIDE DICTIONARY
carter, n.
- A charioteer. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A man who drives a cart; a teamster. [1913 Webster]
- Any species of
Phalangium ; -- also calledharvestman [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
carter
Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, Jehu, bearer, bheesty, bullwhacker, busboy, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, caddie, cameleer, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, cartman, charioteer, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, driver, elephant driver, express, expressman, freighter, gharry-wallah, gun bearer, hack, hackman, hacky, harness racer, hauler, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, mahout, mule skinner, muleteer, porter, redcap, reinsman, shield-bearer, skinner, skycap, stage coachman, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, teamster, the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, truckman, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner, wagonman, water boy, water carrier, whipROGET THESAURUS
carter
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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