"freighter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈfɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freighter.wav Forms: freighters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From freight + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|freight|er|id2=agent noun}} freight + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} freighter (plural freighters)
  1. One who loads a ship. Synonyms: lader#Noun
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-FOninWdX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. One who charters and loads a ship.
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-c52QJCAp Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  3. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-ailQH0Dp Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  4. One for whom freight is transported.
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-dwaAMEfz Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  5. (nautical) A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-en:cargo_ship Categories (other): Nautical, Watercraft Disambiguation of Watercraft: 23 19 0 0 57 0 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane. Tags: broadly Synonyms: airfreighter
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-en:cargo_aircraft Categories (other): Aviation, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 16 15 11 5 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 14 15 17 14 9 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 15 20 15 2 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 20 14 2 34 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: preighter

Inflected forms

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          "aircraft",
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