A person who, or animal which, carries, brings, or transports something, esp. something heavy or cumbersome; a carrier, a porter. Now chiefly in…

A person employed to carry luggage, goods, etc.; (now) esp. a person employed to carry or convey luggage at a station, an airport, or a hotel.

A person who or thing which carries something, in various senses of carry, v.; a bearer. Frequently with of. Also figurative.

That behaves in a specified manner. Only as the second element in compounds, as in high-bering adj. imperious, domineering; = overbearing, adj. 2.

A bearer, a carrier.

A person who (literally or figuratively) carries another, in the manner of St Christopher; a bearer. rare.

A person who carries things by manual strength.

One engaged in toting; a carrier, teamster, etc. See gun-toter n. at gun, n. compounds 1b, pistol-toter n. at pistol, n. compounds 1a.

Something or someone that humps, in the senses of the verb. (For quot. 1895 cf. hump, v. 3.)