carpenter
noun/ˈkɑːpəntə(r)/
/ˈkɑːrpəntər/
- a person whose job is making and repairing wooden objects and structures
- A master carpenter was in charge of teaching the apprentices.
- He was apprenticed to a carpenter at the age of sixteen.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French carpentier, charpentier, from late Latin carpentarius (artifex) ‘carriage (maker)’, from carpentum ‘wagon’, of Gaulish origin; related to car.
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