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carrier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/-ɾɪ.əɾ/ (Scotland)
/ˈkaɹɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈkarɪjə(r)/ (South-Asia)
/ˈkaɾi.ə/ (Wales)
/-ɾi.əɾ/ (Scotland)
/ˈkaɾe.əɾ/ (Scotland)
/ˈkæɹi.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈkɛɹi.ɚ/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
/ˈkæɹi.ɚ/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

Meanings

A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- armored personnel carrier
- The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A person or object that carries someone or something else. ▸ Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
alt of aircraft carrier
- Two weeks later, I reported to Pensacola, Florida, for duty aboard CV-48, the USS Saipan, a boxy old carrier the Navy retired from fleet duty and reassigned for use in training. 1999 March 14, Eugene Cernan, Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space, 1st edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 29:
(broadly) A person or object that carries someone or something else. ▸ Ellipsis of aircraft carrier. ▸ A starship designed to carry starfighters
- And each was hideously powerful: an attack carrier could destroy a world, a force of cruisers and spinship destroyers could destroy a sun. 1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:
- The first carrier completely ignored us, sir! Blew through the Malta’s debris field and headed straight for Earth! 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Cortana (Jen Taylor), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station:
- In fleet combat, carriers stay clear of battle, launching fighters bearing disruptor torpedoes. Fighters are the primary striking power of the ship; if a carrier enters mass accelerator range of the enemy, things have gone very wrong. It is possible to recover and rearm fighters during combat, though most carriers seal the flight deck and try to stay out of the way. The flight deck is essentially a corridor through the armor and into the heart of the vessel. A single well-placed torpedo is enough to gut a carrier. Alliance carriers are named after great leaders, artists, and intellectuals from human history. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Carriers Codex entry:
(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A person or object that carries someone or something else. ▸ Ellipsis of carrier bag.
alt of carrier bag
A carrier pigeon.
A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland:
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
A certified airline.
- Southwest, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, is installing seats with less cushion and thinner materials — a svelte model known in the business as “slim-line.” 2013 December 22, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013:
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.
(especially) 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.
- inert carrier gas
- Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
carriers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (99)

de Überträger (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · he נשאית (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · es portador (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · be пераво́зчык (company in the business of shipping freight) · el μεταφορέας (company in the business of shipping freight) · be но́сьбіт (person or object that carries someone or something else) · es compañía de transportes (company in the business of shipping freight) · be пераво́знік (company in the business of shipping freight) · ru несу́щая частота́ (signal modulated to transmit information) · pt operadora (mobile network operator) · uk носи́тель (person or object that carries someone or something else) · es transportista (person or object that carries someone or something else) · ckb باربەر (person or object that carries someone or something else) · de Frachtunternehmen (company in the business of shipping freight) · cs bacilonosič (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · de Versanddienstleister (company in the business of shipping freight) · ca portador (person or object that carries someone or something else) · el φορέας (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · gd neach-giùlain (person or object that carries someone or something else) · ota حمال (person or object that carries someone or something else) · fi kantaja (person or object that carries someone or something else) · es empresa de transportes (company in the business of shipping freight) · ru перено́счик (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · pt portador (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · mk преносител (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · ca portadora (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · ru носи́льщик (person or object that carries someone or something else) · ar حَامِل (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · he נשא (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · fi taudinkantaja (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · mi kaitītaritari (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · cmn 攜帶者 /携带者 (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · mk шпедите́р (company in the business of shipping freight) · ar مَوْجَة حامِلة (signal modulated to transmit information) · mk превозник (company in the business of shipping freight) · mk преносител (signal modulated to transmit information) · fi kuljetusväline (person or object that carries someone or something else) · pl nośnik (person or object that carries someone or something else) · th พาหะ (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · sk bacilonosič (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · de Träger (signal modulated to transmit information) · ar حَمَلَة (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · fi kantoaalto (signal modulated to transmit information) · yi טרעגער (person or object that carries someone or something else) · mi kaitiki (person or object that carries someone or something else) · mk носач (person or object that carries someone or something else) · bg носи́тел (signal modulated to transmit information) · uk носі́й (person or object that carries someone or something else) · fr porteuse (signal modulated to transmit information) · ca portador (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · pl nośnik (signal modulated to transmit information) · mk пренесувач (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · uk переві́зник (company in the business of shipping freight) · izh kantaja (person or object that carries someone or something else) · ka მატარებელი (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · cho abeka shali (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · sk nosič (person or object that carries someone or something else) · cmn 攜帶者 /携带者 (person or object that carries someone or something else) · hi कहार (person or object that carries someone or something else) · pt portador (person or object that carries someone or something else) · el κομιστής (person or object that carries someone or something else) · bg превозва́ч (company in the business of shipping freight) · el μεταφορέας (person or object that carries someone or something else) · sk dopravca (company in the business of shipping freight) · fi kuljetusyritys (company in the business of shipping freight) · bg преноси́тел (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · ru носи́тельница (person or object that carries someone or something else) · cs dopravce (company in the business of shipping freight) · de Trägersignal (signal modulated to transmit information) · ar نَاقِل (company in the business of shipping freight) · ru перево́зчик (company in the business of shipping freight) · bg носа́ч (person or object that carries someone or something else) · bg превозва́ч (person or object that carries someone or something else) · el φορέας (signal modulated to transmit information) · ru оператор (mobile network operator) · pt carregador (person or object that carries someone or something else) · de Träger (person or object that carries someone or something else) · mk амал (person or object that carries someone or something else) · sw mchukuzi (person or object that carries someone or something else) · es portadora (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · de Transportunternehmen (company in the business of shipping freight) · ru носи́тель (person or object that carries someone or something else) · fi tukialus (person or object that carries someone or something else) · nl drager (person or object that carries someone or something else) · tr hamal (person or object that carries someone or something else) · ru несу́щий сигна́л (signal modulated to transmit information) · pl nosicielka (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · nl vervoerder (company in the business of shipping freight) · pt transportadora (company in the business of shipping freight) · fi kuljetustoimisto (company in the business of shipping freight) · ru носи́тель (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · ca portadora (signal modulated to transmit information) · pt portadora (signal modulated to transmit information) · cs nosný signál (signal modulated to transmit information) · gl transportista (person or object that carries someone or something else) · nl drager (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · cs nosič (person or object that carries someone or something else) · pl nosiciel (person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms) · ro semnal purtător (signal modulated to transmit information)

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