Carter

Definitions: Carter

Carter

Noun

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

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

3. A hauler of garbage; "there is a web site where licensed carters and would-be customers can make connections".

4. Someone whose work is driving carts.

"Carter" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a cart user".

Date "Carter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	CARTER, a doctor who wants everybody to have liver trouble. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Carter

Synonyms: garbage carter (n), garbage hauler (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Traveler	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.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Carter

English words defined with "Carter": Carter administration, Cartman ♦ garbage carter ♦ Howard Carter ♦ James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter ♦ Marysole ♦ President Carter ♦ Tutankhamen. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Carter": CARTER ♦ fixed blade ♦ stationary blade, stator blade. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Carter" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (mailman, postman), French (box, oilpan), Indonesian (charter), Italian (sump), Spanish (Carter).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Carter, he is the situation. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) Jimmy Carter is passed out on the couch. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Miss Carter, what's it like to be a celebrity? (A Rainy Day; writing credit: Beth Brickell; Carter R. Brickell) No, I'm threatening Carter. (Payback; writing credit: Brian Helgeland) My name is Jack Carter, and you don't want to know me. (Get Carter; writing credit: David McKenna)
Movie/TV Titles	The Seduction of Lyn Carter (1974) Adventures of Nick Carter (1972) Nick Carter (1971) Get Carter (1971) Q.O.S.O. Albert Carter (1968)
Song Titles	Help Me (performing artist: Nick Carter) Da Doo Rendezvous (performing artist: Valerie Carter)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Carter Holt Harvey Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	America on My Mind: The Best of America in Words and Photographs with an Introduction by Jimmy Carter (reference) Hurricane : The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Ron Carter and Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Reto Bieri plays works by Copland, Bernstein, Carter, Gershwin, Goodman (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Carter JET14 Band Saw Guide Set (For 14" Jet Band Saw) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	PATHFINDER wardroom 1959 Front Row: Carter, Keltner, Stavran, Harper, Kinney Center Row: Nygren, Clark, Captain Rubottom, CME Gilgan, Popper Back Row: Poor, McCall, Meiers, Taetz, Wiener, Newton, Ten Eyck, Degroot.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Entrance to Coghlan Anchorage. Finlayson Channel B. C. looking south from Carter Bay. In: Pacific Coast Pilot Alaska Part I 1883. P. 28. Library call number VK943 .N3 1883.Credit: America's Coastlines.
	[Jay Bailey Carter, M.D.].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Captain Thomas J. Carter.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Sponsor and others on the christening platform, during launching ceremonies at Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana, 18 March 1972. Those present are (from left to right): Rear Admiral John W. Dolan, Jr., USN, Deputy Commander for Shipyard Management and Program Director for Shipyard Modernization, Naval Ship Systems Command; Mrs. Gilbert W. Thorne, Ship's Sponsor; Mr. Henry Z. Carter, President, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; Captain Thomas J. Hudner, USN, Head, Aviation Technical Training, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.Credit: NAVY.		Officers, including members of Under Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal's party, at Piva Airfield during an inspection trip in late 1943 or early 1944. Among those present are: Commodore W.R. Carter (3rd from left); Vice Admiral A.W. Fitch (2nd from right); and Captain J.E. Gingrich (right). The original Kodachrome color transparency was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory in March 1944.Credit: NAVY.
	Carter told Balangwa all about how his boys had taken a holiday.Credit: Library of Congress.		President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn as "American Gothic" couple.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Sensible Mr. Carter.Credit: Library of Congress.		Major-General Carter Littlepage Stevenson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
James Coolidge Carter	Justice consists in the compliance with custom in all matters of difference between men. . . . this accords with the definition of the Roman law.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Currently, many organizations, including The Global 2000 program of The Carter Center of Emory University, UNICEF, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) are helping the last 13 countries in the world (all in Africa) to eradicate the disease. (references)
Business		Shortly after taking office in 1977, President Carter again reaffirmed the interest expressed in the Shanghai Communique. (references)
Economic History	The Holy See	Myron C. Taylor was the first of these representatives, serving from 1939 to 1950. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan also appointed personal envoys to the Pope. (references)
	Taiwan	On April 10, 1979, President Carter signed into law the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which created domestic legal authority for the conduct of unofficial relations with Taiwan. (references)
	Guyana	The elections, which finally took place in 1992, were witnessed by 100 international observers, including a group headed by Mr. Carter and another from the commonwealth of nations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	Oh, sure. And I think anybody that's ever been there feels that way. I think former President Bush does. Former President Carter does. Former President Ford does. I think they just do, you just feel that way.
John McCain	Of course, I'm very happy, as all Americans are pleased that President Carter has been honored in this way. He's worked for peace his entire adult life, and we're glad he received it.
John Thune	Look, every president going back to Jimmy Carter and actually before that, back to the Kennedy administration, has had flexibility when it comes to the issue of national security.
Mattie Stepanek	Jimmy Carter is my hero because he is a humble peacemaker. He will write a book. He'll solve a problem. He'll build a house.
Rush Limbaugh	Carter destroyed the economy, and ushered in the current theocratic fundamentalist regime in Iran.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	I congratulate you--particularly the new Members--as sincerely as I did President-elect Carter.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Carter, President Bush, President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Carter" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.35% of the time. "Carter" is used about 1,169 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.35%	1,138	6,725
Noun (singular)	2.65%	31	62,296
Total	100.00%	1,169	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Carter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Carter	First name Male	9,000	741
Carter	Last name	162,000	40
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
New Zealand	Carter Holt Harvey Limited
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1. Carter, MT
Zip Code(s): 59420
Country: USA

2. Carter, OK (town, FIPS 12300)
Location: 35.21724 N, 99.50342 W
Population (1990): 286 (162 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 73627
Country: USA

3. Carter, SD
Zip Code(s): 57526
Country: USA

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Expressions: Carter

Expressions using "Carter": Carter administration ♦ Carter County ♦ Carter Lake ♦ garbage carter ♦ Howard Carter ♦ James Earl Carter ♦ James Earl Carter Jr. ♦ Jimmy Carter ♦ president Carter. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Carter": carter-manning, Carter-ruck, carter-you.
	Ending with "Carter": Bonham-carter, Stead-carter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
aaron carter	4,683	carter carburetor	182
nick carter	3,772	nick carter fan fiction	148
carter	2,473	rubin carter	147
vince carter	1,471	stacy carter	146
deana carter	883	aaron carter pic	138
lynda carter	818	picture of vince carter	134
jimmy carter	634	carter burgess	133
carter lumber	520	aaron carter naked	131
harriet carter	501	ron carter	129
june carter cash	485	carter baby clothes	125
linda carter	417	carter family	124
aaron carter shirtless	371	carter baby	118
aaron carter picture	335	leslie carter	118
deanna carter	306	sarah carter	114
carter oosterhouse	281	angel carter	111
aaron carter.com	280	regina carter	110
picture of nick carter	226	deana carter lyrics	108
helena bonham carter	196	clarence carter	106
aaron carter duff hilary	192	nell carter	105
aaron carter nude	188	barron carter	105
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Carter

Language		Translations for "Carter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Sipërmarrës Transportesh, Shofer Kamioni (lorry driver, teamster, trucker, truckman), Karrocier (cabman, coachman, panel beater, postboy, postilion, teamster, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Arabic		‏حامل العربة, ‏سائق الكارة, ‏سائق (chauffeur, driver, haul, jockey, motorist, operator, teamster). (various references)

Basque		estalki (coat). (various references)

Bulgarian		Колар (Carman, Waggoner, Wagoner), Каруцар (Drayman, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Chinese		卡特. (various references)

Czech		Povozník (teamster, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Danish		vognmand (carrier, driver, haulier, horse driver, road haulier, teamster, trucker), kusk (coachman, driver, horse driver, teamster), foerer af spand (driver, horse driver, teamster). (various references)

Dutch		voerman (carrier, coachman, driver, horse driver, teamster, transporter), uitvoerder van afhaal-en besteldienst (carrier), menner (coachman, driver, horse driver, manager, teamster), autotransportondernemer (carrier). (various references)

Finnish		valjakonajaja (driver, horse driver, teamster), ajaja (champion advocate, chauffeur, coachman, driver, horse driver, teamster). (various references)

French		charretier, camionneur (carrier). (various references)

German		Fuhrmann (coachman, driver, horse driver, teamster, waggoner, wagoner). (various references)

Greek		εργαλείο διάναξης (driver, horse driver, teamster), εργολάβος μεταφορών με μικρό φορτηγό αυτοκίνητο (carrier), ίαροτσιέρησ. (various references)

Hebrew		קרו� אי (coachman), ׂ�'לון (Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Hungarian		kocsis (driver, teamster, Tranter, whip), fuvaros (conveyer, conveyor, hauler, haulier, teamster, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Italian		carrettiere (driver, horse driver, teamster). (various references)

Korean		카터. (various references)

Manx		cairteyr. (various references)

Occitan		cabucèla (cover). (various references)

Pig Latin		artercay

Portuguese		Carreteiro (Carman, dread, driver, horse driver, teamster). (various references)

Romanian		Camionagiu (drayman), Cãruţaş (Carman, carrier, cartman, drayman, teamster), Cãrãuş (carrier, cartman, Waggoner), Harabagiu. (various references)

Russian		Ломовой Извозчик, �'озчик (Carman, Tranter, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Scottish		cairtear. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prevoznik (carrier, operator, shipper, trucker, truckman). (various references)

Spanish		carretero (Cartwright, driver, horse driver, teamster, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Swedish		kusk (coachman, driver, horse driver, teamster, Wagoner), Körare, Åkare (Wagoner). (various references)

Turkish		Yük Arabası Kullanan Kimse, Kamyon Þoförü, Arabacı (Carman, charioteer, coachman, driver, jehu, Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Ukranian		�'ізник (Waggoner, Wagoner). (various references)

Vietnamese		người đánh xe ngựa hãng vận tải, người đánh xe bò. (various references)

Welsh		certiwr, troliwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Carter

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Carter": carters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Carter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acarte, arrter, carceri, carer, carerr, careter, Carker, carrer, carta, cartera, cartier, Cartiera, cartiere, Cartieri, caruer, Caryer, cefter, Cetraro, corter, cratera, crator, krater, Kratzer, shvartzer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Carter"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Carter" (pronounced kÄ"rter)
4	-Ä" r t er	barter, charter, darter, garter, martyr, nonstarter, Sartor, smarter, starter, tartar, Tarter.
3	-r t er	Courter, exporter, headquarter, hindquarter, importer, mortar, porter, quarter, reporter, shorter, sorter, supporter, transporter.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Carter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: crater, tracer.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: carer, caret, carte, cater, crate, racer, rater, react, recta, tarre, terra, trace.
	-2 letters: acre, care, carr, cart, cate, race, rare, rate, rear, tace, tare, tear.
	-3 letters: ace, act, arc, are, art, ate, car, cat, ear, eat, era, err, eta, rat, rec, ret, tae, tar, tea.
	-4 letters: ae, ar, at, er, et, re, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: carters, caterer, charter, cirrate, craters, creator, erratic, reactor, rechart, recrate, refract, retrace, retrack, retract, terrace, tracers, tracery, tracker.
	+2 letters: arcature, capturer, carburet, catbrier, caterers, cavorter, charters, craftier, cratered, creators, creature, cremator, criteria, erratics, fracture, reactors, recanter, recarpet, recharts, recrated, recrates, recreant, recreate, redactor, refracts, retraced, retraces, retracks, retracts, retroact, terraced, terraces, tetrarch, trackers, traducer.
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