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malcolm s. carpenter

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Car⋅pen⋅ter

[kahr-puhn-ter]
–noun
1. John Alden, 1876–1951, U.S. composer.
2. (Malcolm) Scott, born 1925, U.S. astronaut and oceanographer.
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carpenter 
c.1325 (attested from 1121 as a surname), from O.N.Fr. carpentier (O.Fr. charpentier), from L.L. (artifex) carpentarius "wagon maker," from L. carpentum "two-wheeled carriage, cart," from Gaul., from O.Celt. *carpentom (cf. O.Ir. carpat, Gael. carbad "carriage"), probably related to Gaul. karros (see car). Replaced O.E. treowwyrhta. First record of carpenter bee is from 1844.
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