Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A vehicle, especially a ship, used for carrying freight.
  • noun A shipper of cargo.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who freights or charters a ship for the transportation of goods or merchandise; a shipper.
  • noun One who sends goods by land or by sea, either for himself or for others. See freight, n., 2.
  • noun A ship or vessel engaged in the carrying-trade.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
  • noun One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
  • noun One for whom freight is transported.
  • noun A vessel used mainly to carry freight.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
  • noun One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
  • noun One for whom freight is transported.
  • noun A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a cargo ship

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