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trans⋅port⋅er

[trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-, trans-pawr-ter, -pohr-]
–noun
a person or thing that transports, esp. a very large truck for large or heavy loads, as missiles or automobiles.

Origin:
1525–35; tranport + -er 1
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trans·port   (trāns-pôrt', -pōrt')   
tr.v.   trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports
  1. To carry from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey.

  2. To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture.

  3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See Synonyms at banish.

n.   (trāns'pôrt', -pōrt')
  1. The act of transporting; conveyance.

  2. The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture.

  3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.

  4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.

    1. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.

    2. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.

  5. A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder.

  6. A deported convict.


[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportāre : trāns-, trans- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
trans·port'a·bil'i·ty n., trans·port'a·ble adj., trans·port'er n., trans·por'tive adj.
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