"carter" meaning in English

See carter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑɹtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɑːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carter.wav Forms: carters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carter}} Middle English carter, {{af|en|cart|-er|id2=agent noun}} cart + -er, {{noncog|enm|careter}} Middle English careter, {{der|en|xno|careter}} Anglo-Norman careter, {{noncog|fr|charretier}} French charretier Head templates: {{en-noun}} carter (plural carters)
  1. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart): carreter [masculine] (Catalan), hevoskuski (Finnish), charretier [masculine] (French), Fuhrmann m Wagner [masculine] (German), Kärrner [dated, masculine] (German), szekeres (Hungarian), 짐마차꾼 (jimmachakkun) (Korean), plaustrārius [masculine] (Latin), ко́лар (kólar) [masculine] (Macedonian), араба́џија (arabádžija) [archaic, masculine] (Macedonian), кира́џија (kirádžija) [archaic, masculine] (Macedonian), carreteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), furman [masculine] (Slovene), vozar [masculine] (Slovene), carretero [masculine] (Spanish), körkarl [common-gender] (Swedish), kusk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-carter-en-noun-5fp4brco Disambiguation of People: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart': 98 2
  2. A fish, the whiff or Marysole. Categories (lifeform): Flatfish
    Sense id: en-carter-en-noun-G-NcrHS2 Disambiguation of Flatfish: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cane carter, carterly, undercarter, under-carter Coordinate_terms: horse-drawn, oxcart

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vozar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carretero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "körkarl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kusk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carter"
}

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