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Carpenter
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- 1 A surname originating as an occupation derived from the trade name carpenter. countable, uncountable
"Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter."
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; Synonym of Long Island, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Jasper County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Mitchell County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Itasca County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. countable, uncountable
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A former settlement in Grant County, New Mexico. countable, uncountable
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community including Carpenter Historic District in Wake County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Steele County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County and Custer County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clark County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Laramie County, Wyoming. countable, uncountable
- 1 A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
- 2 a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects wordnet
- 3 A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
- 4 A two-wheeled carriage.
- 5 A carpenter bee.
"The large, stout African bees are carpenters (Xylocopa), making small tunnels in timber, housing few individuals."
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- 6 A woodlouse. British, Canada, regional
"Eleven names in Laver’s table (just over 6%) are of the “carpenter” type, a name for woodlice also recorded in Shropshire and Warwickshire.[…] Apparently a Newfoundland word for woodlouse is “carpenter” or “cafner” (another is also “boat-builder”). These names clearly relate to the animals’ affinity to wood as will “carpenter’s flea”, “wood-pig”, “wood-bug”, “grampus wood-bug” and, of course “woodlouse”."
- 1 To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber. intransitive, transitive
- 2 work as a carpenter wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car. Displaced native Old English trēowwyrhta (literally “tree worker”).
From Middle English carpenter, from Anglo-Norman carpenter (compare Old French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), from Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), from Gaulish carbantos, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos (“chariot, war chariot”), probably related to Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”). Doublet of carpintero. More at car. Displaced native Old English trēowwyrhta (literally “tree worker”).
From carpenter, from Latin carpentarius.
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