someone whose employment involves carrying something; the bonds were transmitted by carrier
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business'
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
[ Syn: aircraft carrier , flattop , attack aircraft carrier ]
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
[ Syn: common carrier ]
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
[ Syn: carrier wave ]
a man who delivers the mail
[ Syn: mailman , postman , mail carrier , letter carrier ]
a boy who delivers newspapers
[ Syn: newsboy ]
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
[ Syn: immune carrier , immune carrier ]