Carver
noun
George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
Carver
American
[kahr-ver]
/ ˈkɑr vər /
noun
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George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
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John, 1575?–1621, Pilgrim leader: first governor of Plymouth Colony 1620–21.
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Raymond, 1938–88, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
Carver
1
British
/ ˈkɑːvə /
noun
carver
2
British
/ ˈkɑːvə /
noun
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a carving knife
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(plural) a large matched knife and fork for carving meat
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a chair with arms that forms part of a set of dining chairs
Carver
Scientific
/ kär′vər /
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“In one incident guards tried to remove a strike leader soon after the strike began,” Carver wrote.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
According to the complaint, Prabhakar had taught the story for nearly a decade without incident and used it in a unit on unsympathetic and unreliable narrators alongside works by Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
In response to the review, NUH chairman Nick Carver and chief executive May issued an open letter, addressed to "the people and communities of Nottinghamshire".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Shannon Alsheimer said students in her daughter Haylie’s Carver, Mass., high school brag that “their mom got them a 504” before the SAT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“You’re not alone here. The Carver lives down the hall, on the other side.”
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
At the invitation of historian Akinwunmi Ogundiran, the carver was Distinguished Africana Artist-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US, in 2013.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
In comparison, wood carver Zhang took a more practical view of his craft.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
A former high school teacher, Mr. Holzman was the head carver and fund-raiser of the Empire State Carousel, a whimsical and educational reminder of state fairs and carnivals past.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
In two years, Oliver and carver James Bender completed both poles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Modern mathematicians would say that Gog, the wolf carver, used a five-based or quinary counting system.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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