carrier
English meaning: Carrier
Definition
A person or object that carries someone or something else.
Example
“aircraft carrier”
Another example: “She is a healthy carrier of the gene but shows no symptoms herself.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Refers to anything that carries: a person delivering items, a transport vessel (notably an aircraft carrier), a telecom/insurance company, or in medicine someone who harbours a pathogen or gene without symptoms. Context fixes the sense.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Anglo-Norman carier 'to carry' plus the agent suffix -er, attested from the late 15th century.
Synonyms
- aircraft carrier
- flattop
- carrier wave
- common carrier
- newsboy
- toter
- mail carrier
- letter carrier
- attack aircraft carrier
- bearer
Related Words
- modulation
- uss
- troop
- airlift
- rocket
- airline
- strike
- pigeon
- destroyer
- deployment
Common Collocations
- aircraft carrier
- common carrier
- carrier pigeon
- carrier wave
- mail carrier
- disease carrier
Word Forms
carry (v); carrier (n); carriers
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Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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