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Word entry · 7 letters

carrier

Best crossword clue

"Mail or freight firm"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæɹi.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aceirrrStarts with CEnds with R2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A person or thing that carries, transports, or transmits something.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • armored personnel carrier
  • The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Mail or freight firm7 letters
02Transport company7 letters

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