carrier

Definition

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "armored personnel carrier"
• "The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds."
• "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."