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carrier

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1. carrier - Noun

2. Carrier - Proper noun

Meaning

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

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the bonds were transmitted by carrier Source: Internet

refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business Source: Internet

1998 to 2008 (Forward Deployed: Yokosuka, Japan) Kitty Hawk (right) relieves USS at Pearl Harbor as the 7th Fleet forward deployed carrier A navy petty officer supervises sailors performing a flight deck scrub down on board Kitty Hawk in August 2005. Source: Internet

A Brazilian airline became the first carrier earlier this month to start flying the 737 Max again. Source: Internet

24 of which will be available for carrier duties. citation The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review stated the intent for the UK to purchase 138 F-35 aircraft over the life of the programme. Source: Internet

1945 Overhauled, Indianapolis joined Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher 's fast carrier task force on 14 February 1945. Source: Internet

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