carrier.
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Meaning & usage
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
armored personnel carrier
A person or object that carries someone or something else. Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
A person or object that carries someone or something else. Ellipsis of aircraft carrier. A starship designed to carry starfighters
A person or object that carries someone or something else. Ellipsis of carrier bag.
A carrier pigeon.
A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
A certified airline.
That which drives or carries. A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
That which drives or carries. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
That which drives or carries. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
That which drives or carries. A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
That which drives or carries. Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
A charge carrier.
A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.
inert carrier gas
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.