Meaning

noun someone whose employment involves carrying something

noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

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

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