Plural of carter; people whose job is to drive or operate carts, especially to transport goods.
From 'cart' (a wheeled vehicle) + the suffix '-er' meaning a person who does something, made plural with '-s'.
For centuries, carters were essential to commerce—moving goods between farms, markets, and ports—and they formed their own tight-knit social groups with distinctive skills and dialects.
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