carrier

noun

1. someone whose employment involves carrying something

   noun.person

   Examples

   The bonds were transmitted by carrier.

   Synonyms bearer toter

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms aircraft carrier attack aircraft carrier flattop

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.substance

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

   noun.group

   Synonyms common carrier

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

   noun.phenomenon

   Synonyms carrier wave

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. a man who delivers the mail

   noun.person

   Synonyms letter carrier mail carrier mailman postman

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. a boy who delivers newspapers

   noun.person

   Synonyms newsboy

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

   noun.person

   Synonyms immune carrier

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.animal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

12. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

    noun

    Source: webster1913