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carrier

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

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

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

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

a boy who delivers newspapers

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

Synonyms:

• Aquarius,
• Ganymede,
• Hebe,
• Hermes,
• Iris,
• Mercury,
• Paul Revere,
• Pheidippides,
• advocate,
• aerial infection,
• airborne infection,
• aircraft,
• aircraft carrier,
• alpenstock,
• arm,
• athletic supporter,
• back,
• backbone,
• backing,
• bandeau,
• bearer,
• bheesty,
• biological vector,
• bra,
• brace,
• bracer,
• bracket,
• brassiere,
• busboy,
• buttress,
• caddie,
• cane,
• cargo handler,
• carriage,
• carrier pigeon,
• carrier wave,
• carter,
• cervix,
• commissionaire,
• common carrier,
• communicability,
• contagion,
• contagiousness,
• contamination,
• conveyance,
• conveyer,
• coolie,
• corset,
• courier,
• crook,
• crutch,
• cryptogenic infection,
• cupbearer,
• diplomatic courier,
• direct infection,
• drayman,
• droplet infection,
• dust infection,
• electric wave,
• electromagnetic wave,
• emissary,
• envoy,
• epidemiology,
• estafette,
• express,
• expressman,
• flattop,
• foundation garment,
• freighter,
• fulcrum,
• girdle,
• go-between,
• ground wave,
• gun bearer,
• guy,
• guywire,
• hand infection,
• hauler,
• hertzian wave,
• high-frequency wave,
• homer,
• homing pigeon,
• indirect infection,
• infection,
• infectiousness,
• internuncio,
• jock,
• jockstrap,
• letter carrier,
• litter-bearer,
• long wave,
• low-frequency wave,
• mail car,
• mail coach,
• mail packet,
• mail train,
• mail truck,
• mailer,
• mailplane,
• mainstay,
• maintainer,
• mast,
• mechanical vector,
• medium of transportation,
• message-bearer,
• messenger,
• microwave,
• neck,
• nuncio,
• packet boat,
• phytogenic infection,
• pigeon post,
• porter,
• post,
• post boat,
• post car,
• post coach,
• post-horse,
• post-office car,
• postboy,
• poster,
• postrider,
• primary infection,
• prop,
• pyogenic infection,
• radio wave,
• railway mail car,
• redcap,
• reinforce,
• reinforcement,
• reinforcer,
• rest,
• resting place,
• rigging,
• runner,
• seaplane carrier,
• secondary infection,
• shield-bearer,
• shipper,
• shortwave,
• shoulder,
• shroud,
• sky wave,
• skycap,
• spine,
• sprit,
• staff,
• standing rigging,
• stave,
• stay,
• stevedore,
• stick,
• stiffener,
• strengthener,
• stretcher-bearer,
• subclinical infection,
• support,
• supporter,
• sustainer,
• taint,
• the Water Bearer,
• transmitter,
• transporter,
• truck driver,
• trucker,
• upholder,
• vector,
• vehicle,
• virus,
• wagoner,
• walking stick,
• water boy,
• water carrier,
• waterborne infection,
• watercraft,
• wavelength,
• zoogenic infection