carrier

Plural

carriers

1. 1.A person or object that carries someone or something else.

   • The first carrier completely ignored us, sir! Blew through the Malta’s debris field and headed straight for Earth!
   • And each was hideously powerful: an attack carrier could destroy a world, a force of cruisers and spinship destroyers could destroy a sun.
   • The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds.

2. 2.A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

   • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

3. 3.A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

4. 4.A carrier pigeon.

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