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Carrier - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Carrier : (noun)
1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: bearer, toter]
2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to
carry something; "refrigerated carriers have
revolutionized the grocery business"
3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck
for take-offs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, flattop,
attack aircraft carrier]
4: an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive
tracer of the same substance and that assists in its
recovery after some chemical reaction
5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or
goods or messages [syn: common carrier]
6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a
signal [syn: carrier wave]
7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail
carrier, letter carrier]
8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: newsboy]
9: a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who
can pass it on to others [syn: immune carrier]
10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis
or the like
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Carrier : \Car"ri*er\, n. [Based on Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
Carrier pigeon (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zo["o]l.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Carrier, OK (town, FIPS 12200)
Location: 36.47675 N, 98.01438 W
Population (1990): 171 (74 housing units)
Area: 41.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73727
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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