carrier
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -æriə(r)
Noun [edit]
carrier (plural carriers)
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- aircraft carrier
- armored personnel carrier
- Francis Bacon
- The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds.
- A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
- An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- Jonathan Swift
- The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
- Jonathan Swift
- A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- An inert material added to an active ingredient to aid in the application and/or the effectiveness of active ingredient.
- A certified airline.
- (engineering) That which drives or carries.
Usage notes [edit]
- The term carrier pigeon is often used, especially in newspaper and magazine articles, for a homing pigeon or racing pigeon that carries messages. Many pigeon fanciers (particularly homer men and homer women) consider this to be a misnomer because the term is outdated and originally referred to the ancestors of present-day Old English carriers. These "carrier pigeons" were formerly used to carry messages before the modern homing pigeon was developed in the 1800s (initially in Belgium and Britain), but is today strictly an exhibition pigeon or show pigeon that has mostly lost its strong homing instinct. The "carrier pigeon" was also one of the breeds used to develop the modern homing pigeon and therefore does have some "carrier blood" in it.[1]
Derived terms [edit]
- aircraft carrier
- armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier
- banner carrier
- carrier bag
- Old English Carrier pigeon, Old English Carrier, English Carrier pigeon, English Carrier, Carrier pigeon, Carrier
- carrier pigeon (a misnomer for the homing pigeon, racing pigeon, homer)
- charge carrier
- common carrier
- flag carrier
- people carrier
Translations [edit]
person or object that carries someone or something else
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homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer
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Old English carrier pigeon ("King of the Doos")
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company in the business of shipping freight
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person or animal transmitting a disease without contracting it
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signal modulated to transmit information
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References [edit]
- ^ The Carrier, or certainly the Horseman, was the first breed used in England for message-bearing purposes. The name, “Carrier Pigeon,” is still used today erroneously by many writers, especially in newspapers and periodicals, to describe the true Racing Homer. The Carrier today has been developed into a show bird alone, its homing propensities having long since ceased to be developed. — Wendell M. Levi, The Pigeon, 1941 (Renewed 1968), 1946, 1957, and 1963; p57.
