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English Dictionary: carrier	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for carrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carrier n someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" Synonym(s): carrier, bearer, toter a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business" a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings Synonym(s): aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier 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 a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages Synonym(s): carrier, common carrier a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal Synonym(s): carrier wave, carrier a man who delivers the mail Synonym(s): mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier a boy who delivers newspapers Synonym(s): carrier, newsboy (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others Synonym(s): carrier, immune carrier a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carrier \Car"rier\, n. [From {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[94]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. {Carrier shell} (Zo[94]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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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