carrier

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkæɹ.i.ɚ/ UK /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #7661

Meanings

1

noun
A person or thing that carries or transports something.

The mail carrier delivers our letters every morning.
2

noun
A company that transports goods or passengers, such as an airline.

The airline is the country's largest carrier.
3

noun
A person who carries a disease or gene without showing its effects, and can pass it on.

She is a healthy carrier of the gene but has no symptoms.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... bearer

Word family

Forms carriers

Derived forms anticarrierbiocarriercarriershipimmunocarrierintercarriermacrocarriermegacarriermicrocarriermulticarriernanocarriernoncarrierphosphocarrier

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Phrases (1)

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personnel carrier
a military vehicle used to transport service members and their equipment

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

cariere Middle English carier,cariour xno

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# carrier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkæɹ.i.ɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ə/
**Frequency rank:** 7661

## Meanings
1. A person or thing that carries or transports something.
2. A company that transports goods or passengers, such as an airline.
3. A person who carries a disease or gene without showing its effects, and can pass it on.

## Examples
- The mail carrier delivers our letters every morning.
- The airline is the country's largest carrier.
- She is a healthy carrier of the gene but has no symptoms.

## Derived Forms
- anticarrier
- biocarrier
- carriership
- immunocarrier
- intercarrier
- macrocarrier
- megacarrier
- microcarrier
- multicarrier
- nanocarrier
- noncarrier
- phosphocarrier

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cariere
- Root: carier,cariour

## Etymology
From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

## AI Etymology
Carrier is from Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er. Important historical forms include Middle English cariere, and Anglo-Norman carier,cariour. In present-day use, it can mean a person or thing that carries or transports something, or a company that transports goods or passengers, such as an airline. Derived formations include anticarrier, biocarrier, carriership, immunocarrier, intercarrier.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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