Word Meanings - CARRIER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which drives or carries; as: A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge

Additional info about word: CARRIER

That which drives or carries; as: A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrier pigeon , a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell , a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. -- Common carrier See under Common, a. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CARRIER)

• Messenger
• Courier
• carrier
• emissary
• harbinger
• herald
• forerunner

Related words: (words related to CARRIER)

• HARBINGER
  provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
• HERALD
  An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. 2. In the Middle Ages, the officer
• HERALDRY
  The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
• MESSENGER
  A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. (more info) 1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice,
• HERALDICALLY
  In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
• HERALDIC
  Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.
• COURIER
  1. A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness. The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles. 2. An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make
• EMISSARYSHIP
  The office of an emissary.
• HERALDSHIP
  The office of a herald. Selden.
• CARRIER
  That which drives or carries; as: A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge
• EMISSARY
  An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds
• FORERUNNER
  A piece of rag terminating the log line. (more info) 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in
• VANT-COURIER
  An avant-courier. See Van-courier. Holland.
• VAN-COURIER
  One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
• COHERALD
  A joint herald.
• VAUNT-COURIER
  See SHAK
• AVANT-COURIER
  A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.