carter
1
8.9
- noun
- /ˈkɑrtər/
- Archaic
:
carretero
- Philadelphia had a more populous hinterland close to the city than New York, so it seems likely that it had at least as large a proportion of carters in its population as New York.
Examples
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Most of them can be plausibly accounted for by estimating the number in five large occupational groups almost completely ignored by the city directory: apprentices, sailors, carters, domestic servants, and laborers.
Academic text (1994) -
To transport their harvest to market, the farmers hired a skilled carter from the village.
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The price for the trip was hardly higher than that charged by carters for an overland trip.
Academic text (1993) -
We can make a more plausible estimate by looking at data on New York's carters.
Academic text (1994) -
The hostels and boarding houses, once concentrated on the left bank, "Neustadt," where the carters arrived, changed with the establishment of the railroad.
Academic text (1993) -
New York City licensed its carters in this period, and the New York City directory listed 1,200 carters in 1806.
Academic text (1994) -
Cieza goes on to state that in this region, women served even as carters, hauling the baggage of visiting Spaniards such as himself.
Academic text (2000) -
With these additions for apprentices, sailors, carters, servants, and laborers, there were 595 individuals still unaccounted for.
Academic text (1994) -
The Philadelphia directory listed only 110 carters, an impossible figure for a bustling seaport in an era when almost all goods had to be moved to and from the docks by wagon.
Academic text (1994) -
The local carter carefully loaded the goods onto his cart for delivery.
Synonyms
53
5.8
A person who guides animals that pull a carriage or wagon
10
4.1
A person or company that moves goods by truck on roads
5
1.4
A person who brings packages or food to people's homes
1
9.1
A person who drives a cart pulled by horses to carry goods
1
9.9
A person who drives a horse cart to move goods
A person who drives a low cart to deliver goods, especially beer
A person who sells or delivers things from a van
To carry bags or equipment for other people, often as paid help
Compounds
14
4.4
The United States government led by President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word carter comes from the simple word cart ('a small vehicle for goods') and the ending -er ('one who does'). So a carter is 'one who drives a cart', a person who moves goods from place to place.