carrier

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[ˈkarɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something
(e.g: water carriers)

- a person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people
(e.g: the instruments can be sent by carrier)

- a person or animal that transmits a disease-causing organism to others, especially without themselves displaying symptoms
(e.g: the badger is a carrier of bovine tuberculosis)

- a substance used to support or convey another substance such as a pigment, catalyst, or radioactive material


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries