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The English surname Carpenter was an occupational name for a worker in wood. The word orginates from the Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius 'cartwright'). Translation of equivalents in various other languages is German Zimmermann, French Charpentier, and Italian Carpentieri.

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