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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

... his pleasures or amusement. He felt particularly disinclined to do so just now, for a wounded soul is keenly alive to the moods and feelings of others; so, as he approached the group of workmen, from among whom he proposed to choose his water-carrier, he determined that he would not interrupt the story-teller, on whose lips the gaze of his audience was ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... square-rigged, clipper sailing vessel in those steamless days—was to clear from Greenock, one hundred and eighty miles from Keith, his Banffshire home. He had no money to spare to pay for a conveyance. He must cover the distance on foot. He sent his heavy luggage by carrier, and with a pack of necessary clothes and provisions on his back, he set out with three adventurous but hopeful comrades on his journey. He walked through the Grampians, by Kildrummy Castle, on through the town of Perth, along the base of Cairngorm in the Highlands, through the long ...

— McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 • Cyrus Macmillan

... goods [when in transport from place to place] be lost, the carrier shall pay their value; except [the loss be] occasioned by the monarch or by act of God. If he [who has contracted to transport goods] cause them not to start on the journey, he shall be made to pay twice the amount ...

— Hindu Law and Judicature - from the Dharma-Sastra of Yajnavalkya • Yajnavalkya

... the store, while others were to be clerks to wait on the customers. Charlie took his place at the end of the tier of shelves to act as cashier. From the end of the shelves to his box ran a long narrow plank on which the auto change-carrier was ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope

... take his portrait, which I did in charcoal. I also did that of his servant Anton, and I was made to dine with the King, and he behaved graciously towards me. I have entrusted my bale to Leonhard Tucher and given over my white cloth to him. The carrier with whom I bargained did not take me; I fell out with him. Gerhard gave me some Italian seeds. I gave the new carrier (Vicarius) the great turtle shell, the fish-shield, the long pipe, the long weapon, the fish-fins, and the two little casks of lemons and capers ...

— Albert Durer • T. Sturge Moore

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