"freighter" meaning in English

See freighter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈfɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ˈfɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freighter.wav Forms: more freighter [comparative], most freighter [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From freight + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|freight|er|id2=agent noun}} freight + -er Head templates: {{en-adverb}} freighter (comparative more freighter, superlative most freighter)
  1. One who loads a ship. Synonyms: lader, docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman, ;, loader
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-adv-FOninWdX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. One who charters and loads a ship. Synonyms: charterer
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-adv-c52QJCAp Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  3. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight. Coordinate_terms: carrier
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-adv-ailQH0Dp
  4. One for whom freight is transported. Hypernyms: customer
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-adv-dwaAMEfz
  5. (nautical) A ship used mainly to carry freight. Wikidata QID: Q105999 Synonyms: cargo ship
    Sense id: en-freighter-en-adv-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-adv-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: 19 13 18 13 4 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 20 16 16 12 10 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 20 11 8 3 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 14 19 14 2 35 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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