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