Meaning & Definition of Carrier in English
Carrier
noun
1. Someone whose employment involves carrying something
- "The bonds were transmitted by carrier"
- carrier,
- bearer,
- toter
2. A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- "Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
- carrier
3. A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- aircraft carrier,
- carrier,
- flattop,
- attack aircraft carrier
4. 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
- carrier
5. A person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- carrier,
- common carrier
6. A radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- carrier wave,
- carrier
7. A man who delivers the mail
- mailman,
- postman,
- mail carrier,
- letter carrier,
- carrier
8. A boy who delivers newspapers
- carrier,
- newsboy
9. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
- carrier,
- immune carrier
10. A rack attached to a vehicle
- For carrying luggage or skis or the like
- carrier
11. (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
- carrier