carrier

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
  2. noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
  3. noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bearer, toter

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