"freighter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈfɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freighter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: freighters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English freight Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freighter From freight + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|freight|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English freight Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freighter [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "freighter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="freighter"> From freight + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} freighter (plural freighters)
  1. One who loads a ship. Synonyms: lader, docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman, loader
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  2. One who charters and loads a ship. Synonyms: charterer
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-c52QJCAp Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 22 13 11 6 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 23 11 10 4 25
  3. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight. Coordinate_terms: carrier
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-ailQH0Dp Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 22 13 11 6 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 23 11 10 4 25
  4. One for whom freight is transported. Hypernyms: customer
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-dwaAMEfz Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 22 13 11 6 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 22 13 11 6 21
  5. (nautical) A ship used mainly to carry freight. Wikidata QID: Q105999 Synonyms: cargo ship
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-noun-en:Q105999 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Nautical, Watercraft Disambiguation of Watercraft: 27 22 0 0 51 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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 22 13 11 6 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 22 13 11 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 13 18 13 3 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 18 21 15 12 7 28 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 16 15 12 8 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 20 11 9 3 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 19 14 2 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 23 11 10 4 25 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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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish freight\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzijos\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nEnglish -er\nEnglish freighter\nFrom freight + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freighters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "freighter (plural freighters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who loads a ship."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lader"
        },
        {
          "word": "docker"
        },
        {
          "word": "dockworker"
        },
        {
          "word": "stevedore"
        },
        {
          "word": "longshoreman"
        },
        {
          "word": "loader"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: charterer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who charters and loads a ship."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "charterer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "carrier"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One employed in receiving and forwarding freight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freight",
          "freight"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One for whom freight is transported."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "customer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cargo freighter",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "oil freighter",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "bulk freighter",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "text": "A Chinese freighter was spotted entering the harbor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ship used mainly to carry freight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A ship used mainly to carry freight."
      ],
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        "en:Q105999"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cargo ship"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q105999"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Aviation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "cargo aircraft",
          "cargo aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "cargo plane",
          "cargo plane"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:cargo aircraft"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airfreighter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹeɪtɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹeɪtə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freighter"
}

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