Definitions for carrier
ˈkær i ərcar·ri·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. carrier, bearer, toternoun

   someone whose employment involves carrying something

   "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

2. carriernoun

   a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

   "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"

3. aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carriernoun

   a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

4. carriernoun

   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. carrier, common carriernoun

   a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

6. carrier wave, carriernoun

   a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

7. mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carriernoun

   a man who delivers the mail

8. carrier, newsboynoun

   a boy who delivers newspapers

9. carrier, immune carriernoun

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

10. carriernoun

    a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

11. carriernoun

    (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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carriernoun

   A person or object that carries someone or something else.

2. carriernoun

   A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.

3. carriernoun

   An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").

4. carriernoun

   A company in the business of shipping freight.

5. carriernoun

   A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.

6. carriernoun

   A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

7. carriernoun

   A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

8. carriernoun

   An inert material added to an active ingredient to aid in the application and/or the effectiveness of active ingredient.

9. carriernoun

   A certified airline.

10. Carriernoun

    A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages; Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carriernoun

   Etymology: from to carry.

   1. One who carries something.

   You must distinguish between the motion of the air, which is but a vehiculum causæ, a carrier of the sounds, and the sounds conveyed. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 125.

   For winds, when homeward they return, will drive
   The loaded carriers from their evening hive. Dryden.

   2. One whose profession or trade is to carry goods for others.

   I have rather made it my choice to transcribe all, than to venture the loss of my originals by post or carrier. Thomas Pierce, Lett.

   The roads are crouded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Jonathan Swift.

   3. A messenger; one who carries a message.

   The welcome news is in the letter found;
   The carrier ’s not commission’d to expound;
   It speaks itself. John Dryden, Religio Laici.

   4. The name of a species of pigeons, so called from the reported practice of some nations, who send them with letters tied to their necks, which they carry to the place where they were bred, however remote.

   There are tame and wild pigeons, and of tame there are croppers, carriers, runts. Izaak Walton, Angler.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carriernoun

   one who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger

2. Carriernoun

   one who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster

3. Carriernoun

   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

4. Etymology: [From Carry.]

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1. Carrier

   Carrier is a survival horror video game for the Dreamcast, notable in part for being fully 3D - then still a rarity for survival horror games, which mostly displayed 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds. In Carrier, players assume the separate roles of an investigation team that was split up from a surprise attack. A cancelled sequel for the PlayStation 2 titled Carrier: The Next Mutation was once planned for release.

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1. Carrier

   Career vs Carrier -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Career and Carrier.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CARRIER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Carrier is ranked #2692 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Carrier surname appeared 13,377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Carrier.
   
   86.8% or 11,615 total occurrences were White.
   8.2% or 1,100 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 276 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 238 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 96 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 54 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical
   • Deliveryman
   • Genetics
   • Organism
   • Rack
   • Self-propelled Vehicle
   • Traveler

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carrier' in Nouns Frequency: #1907

How to pronounce carrier?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say carrier in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrier in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of carrier in a Sentence

1. Mike Sievert:

   Our lower cost and greater scale will allow us quite simply to supercharge the un-carrier strategy and bring even more competition to this market.

2. Delta CEO Ed Bastian:

   The new Delta uniform collection offers unity between all workgroups like never before. We are one proud Delta team and it really shows, zac is bringing fashion and glamour back to the airlines. It’s a sophisticated look, it’s elegant, it’s much more international in orientation. Our aspirations are to be a top global carrier, not just a top U.S. carrier.

3. Niliflash:

   The best photo you keep as your pride will one day be the carrier of RIP when you're gone.

4. Terry Gou:

   We are like an aircraft carrier taking a bunch of fighter jets.

5. Mayor Kenney:

   We used the National Guard in the civil unrest period to secure areas that needed to be secured from looting and burning, and it freed up the police to do other things, but to send in the National Guard and a troop carrier into a neighborhood in Philadelphia, to me, is not respectful to that neighborhood, number one. Number two, they are not capable or trained to do urban policing, or do policing of any kind.

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