carter:
(plural: ‘carters‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)
‘cart’ = a vehicle, usually with wooden wheels, drawn by horses, bullocks etc. – horse cart, bullock cart; and ‘cart’ can be used as a noun and a verb as well, e.g. He has a bullock cart. — noun; He is asked to cart the loads immediately. — ‘to cart’ verb
a horse cart carter
a person who owns and whose job is to drive carts;
[also ‘garbage carter’ = a person whose job is to remove garbage from residential localities in his/her cart]
a bullock cart carter
e.g.
As more and more motor vehicles are being used in agricultural sectors, carters are finding it hard to make both ends meet.
The government has been encouraging seasonal agricultural labourers to become garbage carters so that two pressing social problems can be solved at one time: labourers get employment and localities get cleaned!
Note: ‘Carter’, always with a capital ‘c’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Jimmy Carter, Adam Carter, Carter Slade, etc.
For an informative article on the bullock carts and carters in Asia, please click here, and for an illustrious article on carts and carter, please click here. And for an amusing folk tale about a crocodile and a carter from Cambodia, please click here.
