carrier
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Sense: Noun: one who transmits or transports
Synonyms:
shipper, transporter, trucker, courier service, courier Collocations, freighter, delivery person, mailman , postman , postal worker, mail carrier, postal carrier, letter carrier, transportation company, delivery man, delivery woman, delivery girl, delivery boy, transport Collocations, transportation Collocations, cargo boat, cargo carrier, sea carrier company
Sense: Noun: transmitter of disease
Synonyms:
transmitter, vector, Typhoid Mary, bearer Collocations, bringer, spreader, hereditary carrier, carrier of disease, disease carrier, disease-carrying insect
Sense: Noun: aircraft carrier
Synonyms:
aircraft carrier, escort carrier, flattop, warship, balloon carrier, helicopter carrier, light aircraft carrier