From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarriercar‧ri‧er /ˈkæriə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 BBCTTa company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another → carry an international carrier2 PMTTCa military vehicle or ship used to move soldiers, weapons etc → aircraft carrier, people carrier3 MI medical someone who passes a disease or gene to other people, especially without being affected by it themselves → carry carriers of the lung disease, TB4 TTBsomething used for carrying something → carry a baby carrier5 D British English a carrier bag6 American English a company that provides a service such as insurance or telephones
Examples from the Corpus
carrier• Carrie had Nick's case as well as her own and a carrier bag with a broken string handle.• a carrier with routes to the eastern U.S.• So the last hope of hitting the enemy carriers was reluctantly abandoned.• We give a gift to the letter carrier at Christmas.• a newspaper carrier• Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers.• Fuchida ordered his remaining 324 aircraft back to the waiting carriers but stayed as long as he could over the target.From Longman Business Dictionarycarriercar‧ri‧er /ˈkæriə-ər/ noun [countable]TRANSPORTORGANIZATIONS a person or company whose job is to TRANSPORT goods from one place to anothernational carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientelethe American overseas air carrier, United Airlines → bulk carrier → common carrier → contract carrier → limited carrier → private carrier → public carrier 