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Carter

/ˈkɑɹtɚ/ · name

Meaning

  1. A former unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
  2. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.
  3. A census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
  5. A township in Spencer County, Indiana.
  6. Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A fish, the whiff or Marysole.
  9. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  10. A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

Etymology / origin

As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

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