freighter

English

Etymology

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English freight

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English freighter

From freight + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

freighter (plural freighters)

1. One who loads a ship.

   Synonym: lader

   Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader

2. One who charters and loads a ship.

   Near-synonym: charterer

3. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.

   Coordinate term: carrier

4. One for whom freight is transported.

   Hypernym: customer

6. (nautical) A ship used mainly to carry freight.

   Synonym: cargo ship

   cargo freighter

   oil freighter

   bulk freighter

   The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.

   A Chinese freighter was spotted entering the harbor.

8. (aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.

   Synonym: airfreighter

Derived terms

• preighter

Translations

vessel used to carry freight — see cargo ship