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Freighter

//ˈfɹeɪtɚ// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    One who loads a ship.

    "Near-synonyms: docker, dockworker, stevedore, longshoreman; loader"

  2. 2
    One who charters and loads a ship.

    "Near-synonym: charterer"

  3. 3
    One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
  4. 4
    One for whom freight is transported.
  5. 5
    A ship used mainly to carry freight.

    "cargo freighter"

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  1. 6
    An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane. broadly
Noun
  1. 1
    a cargo ship wordnet

Etymology

From freight + -er.

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