1869 R. H. Dana (rev. ed.) 435 I..beheld..the ferryboats to the Contra Costa and capacious freighters and passenger-carriers to all parts of the great bay and its tributaries.
1917 J. London ix. 63 This ain't no regular cargo-carrier or passenger-carrier, no more than you gentlemen are a regular company of ship-owners.
1993 14 307 Fourteen of these airlines are major passenger carriers.