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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kar-ee-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i ər



Definition of carrier

Origin :
  • late 14c., agent noun from carry (v.). 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 pigeon is from 1640s.
  • noun one who carries or transmits something
  • noun a ship that carries airplanes
Example sentences :
  • The question was asked in a mild way as if he intended to help the carrier's memory.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • I desired the carrier to pay you, but as I mentioned only 15s.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • The carrier with whom I bargained did not take me; I fell out with him.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • One of them slipped up behind the carrier, and knocked him from his horse.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Those who did do it had fled, and, as the carrier had recognized him as in the party, he had been arrested.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • But you might as well have tried to wander a carrier pigeon.
  • Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
  • Carrier revealed his teeth in a smile of ineffable wickedness.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Of all that tirade, but one sentence had remained as if corroded into the mind of Carrier.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • When Carrier learnt of it the things he said were less than ever fit for publication.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Carrier's pallor was of a grey-green from the rage that possessed him.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

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