A Quick and Simple Dictionary

carrier

1. Proper noun.  A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages; Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.
2. Noun.  A person or object that carries someone or something else.
3. Noun.  A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
4. Noun.  An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
5. Noun.  A company in the business of shipping freight.
6. Noun.  A person or animal that transmits a disease to others without itself contracting the disease.
7. Noun.  A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
8. Noun.  A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
9. Noun.  An inert material added to an active ingredient to aid in the application and/or the effectiveness of active ingredient.