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carter
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n. — Obs.
the driver of a charrette.
See: chartier
Quotations
1832
The Canadian carter is not the pugnacious animal that the man of similar occupation in England is. . . .
1889
I was complimenting one of the French "carters," as they are called--a corruption of charretier--on the steadiness of his little runt of a Canadian pony. . . .
2n. — Nfld
a dog driver.
Quotations
1918
. . . I have enjoyed the luxury of a driver, or a "carter" as we call them. . . .