What does Carter mean?

Definitions for Carter
ˈkɑr tərcarter

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Carter.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Carter, Howard Carternoun

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

  2. Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carternoun

    39th President of the United States (1924-)

  3. carternoun

    someone whose work is driving carts

Wiktionary

  1. Carternoun

    for someone who was a carter.

  2. Carternoun

    transferred from the surname.

  3. carternoun

    A person who transported goods on a horse-drawn cart

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Carternoun

    The man who drives a cart, or whose trade it is to drive a cart.

    Etymology: from cart.

    If he love her not,
    Let me be no assistant for a state,
    But keep a farm, and carters. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    The divine goodness never fails, provided that, according to the advice of Hercules to the carter, we put our own shoulders to the work. Roger L'Estrange.

    The criminals are seiz’d upon the place:
    Carter and host confronted face to face. Dryden.

    It is the prudence of a carter to put bells upon his horses, to make them carry their burdens cheerfully. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

ChatGPT

  1. carter

    "Carter" can have multiple definitions depending on the context: 1) In general, it is an English surname that has been used over centuries. The occupational origins of the name relate to a person who transports goods by cart or wagon. 2) It could also refer to individuals with the first name "Carter". 3) In a broader context, "Carter" could refer to Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Originally, the term "Carter" was an old English occupational name given to someone whose work involved transporting goods, particularly someone who operates a cart to transport goods. The term was derived from the Latin "Carrum", meaning "carrier".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Carternoun

    a charioteer

  2. Carternoun

    a man who drives a cart; a teamster

  3. Carternoun

    any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman

  4. Carternoun

    a British fish; the whiff

Editors Contribution

  1. Carter

    He big mean

    Carter is a douche


    Submitted by 1016454 on January 30, 2020  

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  1. carter

    Song lyrics by carter -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by carter on the Lyrics.com website.

Who Was Who?

  1. Carter

    A doctor who wants everybody to have liver trouble.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CARTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Carter is ranked #49 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Carter surname appeared 376,966 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 128 would have the surname Carter.

    58.2% or 219,394 total occurrences were White.
    35.5% or 134,162 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 9,990 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 8,821 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 2,940 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 1,696 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for Carter »

  1. crater

  2. Crater

  3. tracer

  4. arrect

  5. recart

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carter in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Carter in a Sentence

  1. Woodrow Wyatt:

    I heard quite a good joke. President Carter,President Nixon and President Jack Kennedy were all in a ship sailing on a cruise when suddenly there was an awful explosion and the order was given to abandon ship and to get to the lifeboats. President Carter cried out, 'Women and children first'. President Nixon cried out, 'Fuck the women and children', and President Kennedy cried, 'Is there time?

  2. Rush Hour:

    Carter Please tell me you speak English. I'm Detective Carter. Do you speaka any English Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth

  3. Rush Hour:

    Carter This is the United States of James Carter here. I'm the president, I'm the emperor, I'm the king. I'm Michael Jackson, you Tito

  4. Rush Hour:

    Carter Don't you ever touch a black man's radio, boy You can do that in China but you can get your ass killed out here, man.

  5. Adam Schiff:

    The FBI had ample reason to believe that Carter Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power based on Carter Page history, including the fact that Carter Page had previously been a target of Russian recruitment, Carter Page travel to Russia, and other information, the renewals of FISA were also appropriate and based on new information obtained by law enforcement.

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