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/kˈæriər/ /kˈɛriər/ Listen

noun

Carrier n.

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. "The air which is but... a carrier of the sounds."

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. "The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures."

(Mach.) 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.

Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.

Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.

Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.

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"Carrier" Quotes from Famous Books

... on. "What sort of a man were YOU, I wonder? Were you a carrier who, having set up a team of three horses and a tilt waggon, left your home, your native hovel, for ever, and departed to cart merchandise to market? Was it on the highway that you surrendered your soul to God, or did your friends ...

— Dead Souls • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... Ideas are the only substantial things in the universe, and that there is a difference in the quality of ideas need not be argued. Two men of the same avoirdupois may be walking side by side on the street, but one of them may be a genius and the other a hod carrier. ...

— The Head Voice and Other Problems - Practical Talks on Singing • D. A. Clippinger

... each year gathers many million dollars worth of products for man in this country alone to say nothing of its inestimable value on the farm and especially in the orchard, where it assists in carrying pollen from blossom to blossom. It is of far greater value to man as a carrier of pollen than it is as a honey gatherer and yet under especially favorable conditions in one year a strong colony may produce between twenty-five and thirty dollars worth ...

— An Elementary Study of Insects • Leonard Haseman

... began to be heard in the square, coming from house to house, drawing nearer at each repetition. Richard paid no heed to it; he expected no letter. Yet it seemed there was one for some member of the family; the letter-carrier's regular tread ascended the five steps to the door, and then two small thunderclaps echoed through the house. There was no letter-box; Richard went to answer the knock. An envelope addressed to himself in ...

— Demos • George Gissing

... to prevent the delivery of Mr. Rathbawne's mail, both at the mills and at his house. You know what that means, don't you? One carrier interfered with in the performance of his duty is sufficient excuse for mobilizing ...

— The Lieutenant-Governor • Guy Wetmore Carryl

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