Carteret

[ kahr-ter-it or, for 2, kahr-tuh-ret ]

noun
  1. John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.

  2. a city in NE New Jersey.

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Carteret

/ (ˈkɑːtərɪt) /


noun
  1. 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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