letter-carrier

Noun

carrier (plural carriers)

1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.
   • armored personnel carrier

   Synonyms:

   bearer, -phore, translator

   1. (broadly) A starship designed to carry starfighters
      • And each was hideously powerful: an attack carrier could destroy a world, a force of cruisers and spinship destroyers could destroy a sun.1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114
2. A carrier pigeon.
3. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
   • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
4. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
5. A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

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