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freighter|ˈfreɪtə(r)|
[f. freight v. + -er1.]
1. a. ‘One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship’ (W.).
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 138 And hereupon C.D. the Merchant and Fraightor, doth likewise couenant with the said Master..that he..will lade or cause to be laden..the said Ship. 1665Pepys Diary 22 Mar., Abundance of most ingenious men, owners and freighters of the ‘Experiment’. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. vii. 70 The Freighter, who was a Mahometan, delayed paying the Freight long after it was due by the Tenor of the Charter-party. 1848Arnould Mar. Insur. (1866) I. i. iii. 57 It was stipulated by the Charter-party that the freighters should pay for the use of the ship.
b. One who consigns goods for carriage inland.
1872Daily News 2 Oct. 4 It was resolved that a freighters' association be established, having for its object the assimilation and check of railway charges. 1882Edin. Rev. Oct. 458 What the public service demands is, that freighters and manufacturers should be allowed to choose for themselves.
2. One whose business it is to receive and forward freight. Also, one who owns or conducts a freight wagon or train of wagons (local U.S.).
1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 205 The Dutch..are carriers and freighters to the rest of the world. 1852Knickerbocker Mar. 224 The freighters were as impatient of delay as those æneas saw crowding the shores of Styx. 1874B. F. Taylor World on Wheels i. v. 43 You meet now and then a ‘freighter’, as the ox⁓expressmen of plain and prairie are called. 1884American IX. 110 Men employed by the freighters to look after the mules..to prevent their straying off. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights i. xvi. 229 It happened to be..a freighter without the fear of God in his soul.
3. a. A vessel for transporting goods, a cargo vessel.
1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 5/2 The Great Britain is now sailing as a mere freighter, and larger vessels are sailing as packets. 1878N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe 278 Though a freighter and not a royal yacht, the Rurik looked every inch a government vessel. 1893Leisure Hour Apr. 389 Our ships get larger whether they are freighters or expresses.
b. A freight-wagon. U.S.
1885Century Mag. Nov. 65/1 Heavily loaded freighters were lurching in. 1921C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xii. 147 Pete Jarvis was proud of his new sixteen-foot freighter. 1929Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Va.) 14 Nov. 1/3 The Conestoga Wagon, known as the freighter, hauled travelers too.
c. A freight-carrying aircraft.
1920Flight XII. 560/1 Owing to increased quantities of heavy and bulky freight being now carried to and from Paris by the Handley Page aeroplanes, a number of specially-constructed freighters will soon be added to the machines employed. 1935Ibid. XXVIII. 657 The D.L.H. freighter, Ju. 52, is just about to leave on its nightly journey to Berlin. 1959Listener 15 Jan. 95/1 The Royal Air Force..is also receiving a ‘substantial’ number of short-range freighters. |