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a) A person or object that carries someone or something else.
aircraft carrier
b) A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.armored personnel carrier
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carrier — car‧ri‧er [ˈkæriə ǁ ər] noun [countable] TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS a person or company whose job is to transport goods from one place to another: • national carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientele • the American… … Financial and business terms
Carrier — has various meanings:In Science (physics, electronics, biology, mathematics, chemistry and other sciences): * Carrier wave, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information bearing signal * Charge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an… … Wikipedia
carrier — car·ri·er n 1: an individual or entity engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire by land, water, or air; specif: common carrier 2: an insurer that assumes the risks of a policy that it issues to a policyholder Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
carrier — [ karje ] n. m. • quarrier 1284; de 1. carrière ♦ Celui qui exploite une carrière comme entrepreneur ou comme ouvrier. Par appos. Un maître carrier; des ouvriers carriers. ⇒ 2. mineur, tailleur (de pierre). Masse, scie de carrier. ⊗ HOM. Carier.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Carrier — ist der Name von: Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (1824–1887), französischer Bildhauer und Zeichner Carl Carrier (* 1972), britischer Biathlet Jean Baptiste Carrier (1756−1794), französischer Revolutionär Louis Robert Carrier Belleuse (1848–1913) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Carrier — Car ri*er, n. [From {Carry}.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. [1913 Webster] The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
CARRIER (J.-B.) — CARRIER JEAN BAPTISTE (1756 1794) Le plus fameux de ceux que Michelet a appelés «les missionnaires de la Terreur». Fils d’un cultivateur aisé du Cantal, procureur à la veille de la Révolution, Carrier est élu par son département d’origine à la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
carrier — CARRIER. s. m. Ouvrier, homme de journée qui travaille à tirer la pierre des carrières; ou l Entrepreneur qui fait ouvrir une carrière pour en tirer de la pierre. Maître Carrier. Manoeuvre Carrier … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Carrier — Carrier, OK U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 77 Housing Units (2000): 30 Land area (2000): 1.216976 sq. miles (3.151954 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.216976 sq. miles (3.151954 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Carrier, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 77 Housing Units (2000): 30 Land area (2000): 1.216976 sq. miles (3.151954 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.216976 sq. miles (3.151954 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
carrier — late 14c., agent noun from CARRY (Cf. carry). Meaning person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease is from 1899; genetic sense is 1933. As a short form of aircraft carrier it dates from 1917. Carrier… … Etymology dictionary
