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Definition of Carrier
1. Noun. Someone whose employment involves carrying something. "The bonds were transmitted by carrier"
Exact synonyms: Bearer, Toter
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Derivative terms: Bear, Carry, Tote
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Derivative terms: Bear, Carry, Tote
2. Noun. A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something. "Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
3. Noun. A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.
Exact synonyms: Aircraft Carrier, Attack Aircraft Carrier, Flattop
Terms within: Arrester, Arrester Hook, Flight Deck, Landing Deck
Generic synonyms: Combat Ship, War Vessel, Warship
Derivative terms: Carry
Terms within: Arrester, Arrester Hook, Flight Deck, Landing Deck
Generic synonyms: Combat Ship, War Vessel, Warship
Derivative terms: Carry
4. Noun. 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. A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.
Exact synonyms: Common Carrier
Specialized synonyms: Line
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Concern, Business Organisation, Business Organization, Concern
Derivative terms: Carry
Specialized synonyms: Line
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Concern, Business Organisation, Business Organization, Concern
Derivative terms: Carry
6. Noun. A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal.
Exact synonyms: Carrier Wave
Generic synonyms: Radio Emission, Radio Radiation, Radio Wave
Derivative terms: Carry
Generic synonyms: Radio Emission, Radio Radiation, Radio Wave
Derivative terms: Carry
7. Noun. A man who delivers the mail.
Exact synonyms: Letter Carrier, Mail Carrier, Mailman, Postman
Generic synonyms: Deliverer, Delivery Boy, Deliveryman
Generic synonyms: Deliverer, Delivery Boy, Deliveryman
8. Noun. A boy who delivers newspapers.
9. Noun. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others.
Exact synonyms: Immune Carrier
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Transmitter, Vector, Immune
Specialized synonyms: Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
Derivative terms: Carry
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Transmitter, Vector, Immune
Specialized synonyms: Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
Derivative terms: Carry
10. Noun. A rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like.
Specialized synonyms: Bomb Rack, Luggage Carrier, Luggage Rack, Roof Rack, Ski Rack
Generic synonyms: Rack
Derivative terms: Carry
Generic synonyms: Rack
Derivative terms: Carry
11. Noun. (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.
Definition of Carrier
1. n. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Definition of Carrier
1. one that carries [n -S] - See also: carries
Medical Definition of Carrier
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