career

English

/kəˈɹɪɹ/, /kəˈɹɪə/

noun
Definitions
  • One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
  • General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
  • (archaic) Speed.
  • A jouster's path during a joust.
  • (obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
  • (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
  • (obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.

Etymology

Derived from French carrière (a road racecourse) derived from Italian carriera derived from Latin carrāria, carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle) derived from Middle French carriere derived from Latin carrāria.

Origin

Latin

carrāria

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