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Carteret

[ kahr-ter-it kahr-tuh-ret ]

noun

  1. John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
  2. a city in NE New Jersey.


Carteret

/ ˈkɑːtərɪt /

noun

  1. Carteret John, 1st Earl Granville16901763MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: diplomatPOLITICS: orator John, 1st Earl Granville. 1690–1763, British statesman, diplomat, and orator who led the opposition to Walpole (1730–42), after whose fall he became a leading minister as secretary of state (1742–44)
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Example Sentences

Philip Carteret Webb died; a distinguished English lawyer and antiquary.

So Sir G. Carteret hath struck up of a sudden a match with him for his little daughter.

By this means Sir G. Carteret hath married two daughters this year both very well.

In the distance appeared the coast of France like a mist, with the long yellow strips of sand about Carteret.

"You ought to have made her—you ought to have made her," said Mr. Carteret.

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