Carpenter

Pronunciation Kar' pen tar

Related names Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Charpentier

CARPENTER is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 189th-most common surname.

: Carpenter - Car-pen-ter (kar' pen tar (or ter)), noun. 1) a person who builds, makes or repairs wooden objects or structures - as in houses, scaffolds, or shelving. - v. make by shapING to do a carpenter's work.

Origin: [1275-1325]; Middle English < Anglo-Norman French < Old French < Late Latin; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage Cel

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