A person who or thing which carries something, in various senses of carry, v.; a bearer. Frequently with of. Also figurative.

A person or thing that conducts or escorts; a guide, leader, conductor (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

figurative. A means or medium for communicating; an organ or channel of communication; a ‘vehicle’ (of thought, etc.). Obsolete.

figurative. The channel or medium by which anything (e.g. knowledge, influence, wealth, etc.) is conveyed; = canal, n. 7, channel, n.1 12a.

figurative. A channel or medium of conveyance.

Something which conveys or transports a person or thing; a conducting channel, medium, or path. Obsolete.

A thing that conveys, or transmits.

That which conveys or accomplishes the conveyance of anything. (In quot. 1791 said of a person.)

A channel by which something is conveyed; a means of communication. Cf. conveyance, n. 12 14. rare.

Anything that conducts, leads, or guides; a channel by which water, etc. is conducted.

That which carries outwards.