carrier

/kˈæriɝ/

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Noun
someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
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a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
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a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
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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
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a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
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a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
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a man who delivers the mail
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a boy who delivers newspapers
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(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
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a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
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(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
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