carrier

[car·ri·er]

In medicine, a person is a carrier if they test positive for a pathogen or a genetic defect without showing any symptoms. This person can unwittingly spread the illness to others without ever knowing he or she is the source.

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One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings

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a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

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a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"

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a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

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a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

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a boy who delivers newspapers

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someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

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a man who delivers the mail

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a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

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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

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One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

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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

Car"ri*er , n. [From Carry.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.

2. 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.

3. (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 (Zo'94l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell (Zo'94l.), 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.

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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Usage Examples

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

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Other Usage Examples

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.