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Howard Carter

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Car⋅ter

[kahr-ter]
–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.
4. (Eleanor) Ro⋅sa⋅lynn Smith [roh-zuh-lin] , born 1928, U.S. first lady 1977–81 (wife of Jimmy Carter).
5. Elliott (Cook, Jr.), born 1908, U.S. composer.
6. Hod⋅ding [hod-ing] , 1907–72, U.S. journalist and publisher.
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.
10. May⋅belle [mey-bel] , (“Mother Maybelle Carter”), 1909–78, U.S. country-and-western singer and guitarist.
11. Nick, pen name of authors who wrote detective-story series in which Nick Carter, created by John R. Coryell, is the main character.
12. a male given name.
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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

British archaeologist, who made one of the richest and most celebrated contributions to Egyptology: the discovery (1922) of the largely intact tomb of King Tutankhamen.

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