carrier

noun19

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

   • The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds. — 1627
2. •
   A carrier pigeon.
3. •
   (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag.
4. •
   A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

   • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. — 1727
5. •
   A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
6. •
   A certified airline.

   • Southwest, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, is installing seats with less cushion and thinner materials — a svelte model known in the business as “slim-line.” — 2013
7. •
   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
8. •
   Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.

   • Two weeks later, I reported to Pensacola, Florida, for duty aboard CV-48, the USS Saipan, a boxy old carrier the Navy retired from fleet duty and reassigned for use in training. — 1999
9. •
   A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
10. •
    A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
11. •
    A charge carrier.
12. •
    A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.

    • Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.
13. •
    That which drives or carries.
14. •
    A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
15. •
    A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
16. •
    A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
17. •
    A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
18. •
    Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
19. •
    A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.

noun1

1. •
   Synonym of English Carrier.