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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FREIGHTER, n. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1622 1. one that loads or charters and loads a ship 2. shipper 3. a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a ship or aircraft designed to carry freight. 2 US a wagon for freight. 3 a person who loads or charters and loads a ship. 4 a person who consigns goods for carriage inland. 5 a person whose business is to receive and forward freight.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Freighter Freight"er, n. 1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship. 2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight. 3. One for whom freight is transported. 4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(freighters) A freighter is a large ship or aeroplane that is designed for carrying freight. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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