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   carrier

   /ˈkarɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something: "water carriers"
   • ▪ a carrier bag: British "a plastic carrier"
   • 2. a person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people: "the instruments can be sent by carrier"
   • ▪ a vessel or vehicle for transporting goods in bulk: "the largest timber carrier ever to dock at Sharpness"
   • ▪ an aircraft carrier: "aircraft from the carrier Illustrious attacked the Italian fleet"
   • ▪ a company that provides facilities for conveying telecommunications messages: "Japan's biggest international telecoms carrier is Singapore Telecom"
   • 3. a person or animal that transmits a disease-causing organism to others, especially without themselves displaying symptoms: "the badger is a carrier of bovine tuberculosis"
   • ▪ an individual that possesses a particular gene, especially as a single copy whose effect is masked by a dominant allele, so that the associated characteristic (such as a hereditary disease) is not displayed but may be passed to offspring: "the husband and wife may both be carriers of the same recessive gene, with a 25% chance of a diseased child"
   • 4. a substance used to support or convey another substance such as a pigment, catalyst, or radioactive material.
   • ▪ short for charge carrier
   • ▪ a molecule that transfers a specified molecule or ion within the body, especially across a cell membrane.

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