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Definition: An English occupational name for the transporter of goods by cart or wagon. From the Anglo-Norman French "caretier," a derivative of Old French "caret" which originally meant "carrier." Another possible derivation comes from "cairtear," a Gaelic term for tourist or sojourner.
Surname Origin:
English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
MCCARTER
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Common Surname Search Tips CARTER Family Genealogy Forum CARTER Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - CARTER Genealogy CARTER Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - CARTER Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - CARTER Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - CARTER Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - CARTER Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
