tranter

[ tran-ter ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tranter¹

1350–1400; alteration of late Middle English traventer < Medieval Latin travetārius, perhaps for Latin trānsvect ( us ), past participle of trānsvehere to carry across + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

“Harris was getting Joe Biden margins across all of Pennsylvania, but what Donald Trump was able to do was he was outpacing his margins from 2020 by anywhere from 4% to 6% especially in key counties like Bucks,” Scott Tranter, director of data science for Decision Desk HQ, told NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Scott Tranter, director of data science at Decision Desk HQ, forecasting is far from an exact science, even if modelers are normally trying their best to provide sober, statistically informed analysis.

From Salon

“Models are like cooking, there are many ways to cook a burger, many of those are edible, but at the end of the day people have a preference,” Tranter said in an interview.

From Salon

In creating a model, Tranter said, forecasters still have to make plenty of decisions about how to weigh certain factors and whether to even include some.

From Salon

“There’s many different polls forecasters use, weighting schemes, things like that. Some forecasters don’t like to use Trafalgar,” Tranter said, referring to a pollster that frequently has move favorable numbers for Trump than others.

From Salon