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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who conveys (carries or transmits); "the conveyer of good tidings" [syn: conveyer, conveyor]
2: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter]

Merriam Webster's

also conveyer noun Date: circa 1514 one that conveys: as a. a person who transfers property b. (usually conveyor) a mechanical apparatus for moving articles or bulk material from place to place (as by an endless moving belt or a chain of receptacles)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also conveyer) a person or thing that conveys. Phrases and idioms: conveyor belt an endless moving belt for conveying articles or materials, esp. in a factory.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conveyor Con*vey"or, n. (Mach.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.