Carpenter Definition

kärpən-tər

carpenters

noun

A workman who builds and repairs wooden things, esp. the wooden parts of buildings, ships, etc.

Webster's New World

(nautical) 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.

Wiktionary

A two-wheeled carriage.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

To make or repair by or as if by carpentry.

Webster's New World

To do a carpenter's work.

Webster's New World

pronoun

An occupational surname derived from the trade name carpenter.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Carpenter

Noun

Singular:

carpenter

Plural:

carpenters

Origin of Carpenter

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman carpentier, from Old Northern French (compare Old French charpantier, whence modern French charpentier), from Late Latin carpentārius (“a carpenter”), Latin carpentārius (“a wagon-maker, carriage-maker”), from Latin carpentum (“a two-wheeled carriage, coach, or chariot, a cart”), probably of Celtic origin.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Latin carpentārius (artifex) (maker) of a carriage from carpentum a two-wheeled carriage of Celtic origin kers- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition