carrier

See also: Carrier

English
The King of the Doos—the English Carrier [blue black-barred] (also called Old English Carrier, Carrier Pigeon, Carrier)

Etymology

carry +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

carrier (plural carriers)

  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
    aircraft carrier  armored personnel carrier
    • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Bacon
      The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds.
  2. A carrier pigeon.
  3. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
    • Jonathan Swift
      The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
  4. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  5. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
  6. A certified airline.
    • 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):
      Southwest, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, is installing seats with less cushion and thinner materials — a svelte model known in the business as “slim-line.”
  7. (engineering) That which drives or carries.
    1. A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
    2. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
    3. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
  8. (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
  9. (genetics, pathology) A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms.
  10. (physics, electronics) charge carrier

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Terms derived from carrier

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