Colter

Colter

Colter is the name of a place, a family name, a company name and the title of a book.

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Place

  • a volcanic area, named after John Colter: Colter's Hell
  • Colter, Arizona, an abandoned town in Apache also established by John Colter.[1]

People

  • Jessi Colter (* 1943), American country music singer
  • John Colter (1774-1813), American Trapper
  • Mary Colter (1869-1958), American architect
  • Mike Colter (*1976), American actor
  • Colter Bean (*1977), American baseball pitcher
  • Colter Errol Drummond - hay (*1984), South African
  • Colter Dean Bloxom (*1987), American actor
  • Colter Lee Moos (*1996), American student

Companies

  • in Erkrath, Germany, Colter GmbH
  • in Dunmow, Essex, England, Colter Group

Notes

  1. ^ Byrd H. Granger (1960). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 8. http://books.google.com/books?id=I7r_ZwEACAAJ. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 

See also

  • Coulter (disambiguation)

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  • Colter — Col ter, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. {Cutlass}.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also {coulter}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • colter — [kōl′tər] n. [ME culter < OFr coltre or OE culter, both < L culter, plowshare < IE base * (s)kel , to cut > HALF] a blade or disk on a plow, for forming the vertical wall of the furrow …   English World dictionary

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  • Colter — This interesting and unusual medieval English name is a dialectal variant of a metonymic occupational name, Colt, given to someone who looked after asses or horses. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century Colt , meaning a young ass …   Surnames reference

  • colter — US var. of COULTER. * * * colter variant of coulter …   Useful english dictionary

  • Colter's Hell — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Colter Peak — and Turret Mountain Elevation 10,640 ft (3,243 m)  …   Wikipedia

  • Colter's Hell — ist eine vulkanogene Gegend beim Shoshone River in der Nähe von Cody im US Bundesstaat Wyoming. Benannt wurde sie nach dem Trapper John Colter, der im Winter 1807/1808 vermutlich als erster Weißer dorthin vorstieß. Zuweilen wurde Colter s Hell… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Colter Bay Village — (Colter Bay Village,США) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 100 Colter Ba …   Каталог отелей

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