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Carter

[kahr-ter]

noun

  1. Bennett Lester Benny, 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.

  2. Betty Lillie Mae Jones, 1930–98, U.S. jazz singer.

  3. Don(ald James), 1926–2012, U.S. bowler.

  4. Elliott Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., 1908–2012, U.S. composer.

  5. Hodding 1907–72, U.S. journalist and publisher.

  6. Howard, 1873–1939, English Egyptologist.

  7. Jimmy James Earl Carter, Jr., born 1924, 39th president of the United States 1977–81.

  8. Mrs. Leslie Caroline Louise Dudley, 1862–1937, U.S. actress.

  9. Maybelle Mother Maybelle Carter, 1909–78, U.S. country-and-western singer and guitarist.

  10. Nick, pen name of authors who wrote a detective-story series in which Nick Carter, created by John R. Coryell, is the main character.

  11. Rosalynn Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter, 1928–2023, U.S. First Lady 1977–81 (wife of Jimmy Carter).

  12. a male given name.



Carter

/ ˈkɑːtə /

noun

  1. Angela. 1940–92, British novelist and writer; her novels include The Magic Toyshop (1967) and Nights at the Circus (1984)

  2. Elliot ( Cook ). 1908–2012, US composer. His works include the Piano Sonata (1945–46), four string quartets, and other orchestral pieces: Pulitzer Prize 1960, 1973

  3. Howard. 1873–1939, English Egyptologist: excavated the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen

  4. James Earl, known as Jimmy. born 1924, US Democratic statesman; 39th president of the US (1977–81); Nobel peace prize 2002

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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A main draw of the GEM will be the entire contents of the intact tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun, displayed together for the first time since it was found by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

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The full collection is in one place for the first time since British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the famed pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in 1922.

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“Arguably the strongest print across 3Q so far,” Cantor analyst Carter Gould wrote.

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“We see a choppy 3Q print,” Cantor analyst Carter Gould wrote early this month.

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“Running a business costs money,” Carter wrote on Instagram.

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