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Meaning of carrier

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  carrier
      n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
           bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: {carrier},
           {bearer}, {toter}]
      2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to
         carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized
         the grocery business"
      3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck
         for takeoffs and landings [syn: {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
      5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or
         goods or messages [syn: {carrier}, {common carrier}]
      6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a
         signal [syn: {carrier wave}, {carrier}]
      7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: {mailman}, {postman}, {mail
         carrier}, {letter carrier}, {carrier}]
      8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: {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 [syn:
         {carrier}, {immune carrier}]
      10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis
          or the like
      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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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