English Explanatory Dictionary

carrier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
  2. Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
  3. A starship designed to carry starfighters
  4. Ellipsis of carrier bag.
  5. A carrier pigeon.
  6. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
  7. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  8. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
  9. A certified airline.
  10. That which drives or carries.
  11. A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
  12. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
name
  1. A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.
  2. A surname.
  3. A small town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; from the surname.
noun
  1. Synonym of English Carrier.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæɹi.ə/ /ˈkaɹɪjə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carrier.wav /ˈkæɹi.ɚ/ /ˈkɛɹi.ɚ/ /ˈkaɾe.əɾ/ /-ɾɪ.əɾ/ /-ɾi.əɾ/ /ˈkaɾi.ə/ /ˈkarɪjə(r)/

Word forms

carrier carriers

Etymology

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

Synonyms

bearer -phore translator spider arm English Carrier

Related words

Central Carrier English Carrier Northern Carrier Southern Carrier Carriere

Derived words

anticarrier ASW carrier biocarrier carrier cycle carrier hotel carrier screening carrier set carrier shell carriership crude carrier immunocarrier intercarrier macrocarrier megacarrier microcarrier multicarrier nanocarrier noncarrier OBO carrier ore-bulk-oil carrier phosphocarrier photocarrier subcarrier supercarrier

Translations

Belarusian: но́сьбіт Bulgarian: носа́ч Bulgarian: превозва́ч Catalan: portador Chinese Mandarin: 攜帶者 /携带者 Czech: nosič Dutch: drager Finnish: kantaja Finnish: tukialus Finnish: kuljetusväline Galician: transportista German: Träger Greek: μεταφορέας Greek: κομιστής Hindi: कहार Ingrian: kantaja Central Kurdish: باربەر Macedonian: носач Macedonian: амал Māori: kaitiki Ottoman Turkish: حمال Polish: nośnik Portuguese: carregador Portuguese: portador Russian: носи́тель Russian: носи́тельница Russian: носи́льщик Scottish Gaelic: neach-giùlain Slovak: nosič Spanish: transportista Swahili: mchukuzi Turkish: hamal Ukrainian: носі́й Ukrainian: носи́тель Yiddish: טרעגער
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