carrier

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to carry + -er

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Singular
carrier

Plural
carriers

carrier (plural carriers)

  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
    aircraft carrier
    armored personnel carrier
  2. A company in the business of shipping freight.
  3. A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.
  4. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
  5. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier

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