carter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
    Howard Carter.
  2. noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)
    President Carter; Jimmy Carter; James Earl Carter; James Earl Carter Jr..
  3. noun someone whose work is driving carts

WordNet

Cart"er noun
Definitions
  1. A charioteer. Obs. Chaucer.
  2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
  3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.

Webster 1913