Ca*reer" (?), n. [F.
carrière race course, high road, street, fr. L.
carrus wagon. See Car.]
1. A
race course: the ground run over.
To go back again the same career.
Sir P. Sidney.
2. A running; full speed; a rapid
course.
When a horse is running in his full
career.
Wilkins.
3. General course of action or conduct in
life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some
special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which
is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a
soldier.
An impartial view of his whole career.
Macaulay.
4. (Falconry) The flight of a
hawk.
Ca*reer", v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n.
Careering] To move or run rapidly.
Careering gayly over the curling waves.
W. Irving.
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