A person who drives or operates a cart, or someone who makes or sells carts.
From Middle English carten, derived from Old Norse kartr (cart) combined with -ist (one who practices or operates something). The suffix -ist emerged in English through French influence from Latin.
In medieval and early modern villages, cartists were essential tradespeople—they built, repaired, and operated the vehicles that transported everything from goods to people, making them as important to commerce as truck drivers are today.
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