CARPENTER

Carpenter

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. The English meaning of carpenter is one who makes wooden objects and structures by shaping wood.

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carpenter

Noun

  1. A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
  2. 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.
  3. A two-wheeled carriage


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