Charpentier

name

name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.

Example

More examples

""I next called upon Madame Charpentier," continued the detective: "I found her very pale and distressed. Her daughter was in the room too—an uncommonly fine girl she is too; she was looking red about the eyes and her lips trembled as I spoke to her. ""

Etymology

From French Charpentier, from Latin carpentarius. Doublet of Carpenter.

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