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carrier^¹

/ˈkæɹi.ə/ Australia, UK
/ˈkaɹɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈkæɹi.ɚ/ US
/ˈkɛɹi.ɚ/
/ˈkaɾe.əɾ/ Scotland
/-ɾɪ.əɾ/ Scotland
/-ɾi.əɾ/ Scotland
/ˈkaɾi.ə/ Wales
/ˈkarɪjə(r)/ South Asia

Sounds like career (spelling pronunciation) · Rhymes with -æɹiə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

noun carriers

A person or object that carries someone or something else. armored personnel carrier
Similar: bearer, -phore, translator
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of aircraft carrier Two weeks later, I reported to Pensacola, Florida, for duty aboard CV-48, the USS Saipan, a boxy old carrier the Navy retired from fleet duty and reassigned for use in training.
Similar: bearer, -phore, translator
broadly A starship designed to carry starfighters And each was hideously powerful: an attack carrier could destroy a world, a force of cruisers and spinship destroyers could destroy a sun.
Similar: bearer, -phore, translator
UK, abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of carrier bag
Similar: bearer, -phore, translator
A carrier pigeon.
A person or company in the business of shipping freight. The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
A certified airline. Southwest, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, is installing seats with less cushion and thinner materials — a svelte model known in the business as “slim-line.”
A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
Similar: spider, arm
especially Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
A charge carrier.
A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance. Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.

Carrier^²

proper noun Carriers

countable, uncountable A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.
countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A small town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; from the surname.

noun Carriers

Synonym of English Carrier.
Similar: English Carrier

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: common carrier, toter, newsboy, aircraft carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman, letter carrier, bearer, carrier wave, flattop, carrying, haulage, hauler, porter, haulier

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noun person or object that carries someone or something else

Español	transportista
中文	攜帶者 /携带者 xiédàizhě
हिन्दी	कहार kahār
Kiswahili	mchukuzi
Português	carregador, portador
Deutsch	Träger
Ελληνικά	μεταφορέας metaforéas, κομιστής komistís
Русский	носи́тель nosítelʹ, носи́тельница nosítelʹnica, носи́льщик nosílʹščik

noun company in the business of shipping freight

Español	compañía de transportes, empresa de transportes
Português	transportadora
Deutsch	Frachtunternehmen, Transportunternehmen, Versanddienstleister
Ελληνικά	μεταφορέας metaforéas
Русский	перево́зчик perevózčik
العربية	نَاقِل nāqil

noun signal modulated to transmit information

Português	portadora
Français	porteuse
Deutsch	Trägersignal, Träger
Ελληνικά	φορέας foréas
Română	semnal purtător
Русский	несу́щий сигна́л nesúščij signál, несу́щая частота́ nesúščaja častotá
العربية	مَوْجَة حامِلة mawja ḥāmila

noun mobile network operator

Português	operadora
Русский	оператор operator

noun person or organism that has inherited a trait or disease but displays no symptoms

Español	portador, portadora
中文	攜帶者 /携带者 xiédàizhě
Português	portador
Deutsch	Überträger
Ελληνικά	φορέας foréas
Русский	носи́тель nosítelʹ, перено́счик perenósčik
العربية	حَامِل ḥāmil, حَمَلَة ḥamala
עברית	נשא nasa', נשאית nasa'it

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@misc{carrier_2026,
  title = {carrier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carrier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}