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tər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kahr-ter] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun | 1. | Bennett Lester (Benny ), 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer. |
| 2. | Betty (Lillie Mae Jones ), 1930–98, U.S. jazz singer. |
| 3. | Don(ald James), born 1926, U.S. bowler. |
| 5. | Elliott (Cook, Jr.), born 1908, U.S. composer. |
| 7. | Howard, 1873–1939, English Egyptologist. |
| 8. | James Earl, Jr. (Jimmy ), born 1924, 39th president of the U.S. 1977–81. |
| 9. | Mrs. Leslie (Caroline Louise Dudley ), 1862–1937, U.S. actress. |
| 11. | Nick, pen name of authors who wrote detective-story series in which Nick Carter, created by John R. Coryell, is the main character. |
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Carter, Howard 1874-1939.
British archaeologist who worked in Egypt after 1890 and discovered (1922) the tomb of Tutankhamen.
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| howard carter |
noun |
| Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn: Carter] |
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