DCHP-1 Online
carter 
1 n. Obs. the driver of a charrette.
See also: chartier
- 1832 The Canadian carter is not the pugnacious animal that the man of similar occupation in England is. . . .
- 1889 I was complimenting one of the French "carters," as they are called--a corruption of charretier--on the steadiness of his little runt of a Canadian pony. . . .
2 n. Nfld a dog driver.
- 1918 (n.d.) . . . I have enjoyed the luxury of a driver, or a "carter" as we call them. . . .
- 1832 The Canadian carter is not the pugnacious animal that the man of similar occupation in England is. . . .