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 Definition of 'carrier':

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1. (noun) carrier, bearer, toter
someone whose employment involves carrying something
"the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

2. (noun) carrier
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
"refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"

3. (noun) aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings


4. (noun) 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


5. (noun) carrier, common carrier
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages


6. (noun) carrier wave, carrier
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal


7. (noun) mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier
a man who delivers the mail


8. (noun) carrier, newsboy
a boy who delivers newspapers


9. (noun) carrier, immune carrier
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others


10. (noun) carrier
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like


11. (noun) carrier
(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



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