Usually means: Entity that transports goods, people.
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We found 67 dictionaries that define the word carrier:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Merriam-Webster
  2. carrier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carrier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carrier: Collins English Dictionary
  5. carrier: Vocabulary.com
  6. Carrier, carrier: Wordnik
  7. carrier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Carrier, carrier: Wiktionary
  9. carrier: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. carrier: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. carrier: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. carrier: Dictionary.com
  13. carrier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Carrier (Dodos album), Carrier (TV series), Carrier (album), Carrier (book), Carrier (chemistry), Carrier (comics), Carrier (documentary), Carrier (game), Carrier (surname), Carrier (telecommunication), Carrier (video game), Carrier, The Carrier (band), The Carrier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Carrier: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. carrier: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. carrier: Rhymezone
  18. Carrier: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. carrier: FreeDictionary.org
  20. carrier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. carrier: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. carrier: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. carrier: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. carrier: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  8. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  9. CARRIER: Accounting Glossary
  10. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  11. Carrier: Glossary of Health Care Terms
  12. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  13. Medicare Glossary (No longer online)
  14. carrier: Legal dictionary
  15. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Netlingo
  2. Carrier, carrier: CCI Computer
  3. Carrier: Game Dictionary
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Carrier (chemistry), Carrier (protein), Carrier (telecommunication), carrier: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. Carrier (disease), Carrier (protein), Carrier (telecommunication), carrier: Medical dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Terrorism Terms (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  2. carrier, carrier: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Carrier: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. carrier: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  6. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  7. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters
noun:  A carrier pigeon.
noun:  A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
noun:  A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
noun:  (telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
noun:  (aviation) A certified airline.
noun:  (engineering) That which drives or carries.
noun:  A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
noun:  A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
noun:  A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
noun:  A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
noun:  (especially automotive) Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
noun:  (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
noun:  (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
noun:  (physics, electronics) A charge carrier.
noun:  (art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
noun:  A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.
noun:  Synonym of English Carrier
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A small town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; from the surname.
noun:  A person or object that carries someone or something else. [A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.]
noun:  Ellipsis of aircraft carrier. [A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.]
noun:  (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag. [(UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.]

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