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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSPORTER, n. One who transports or removes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a long truck for carrying motor vehicles [syn: transporter, car transporter]
2: a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
3: a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) [syn: conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1535 one that transports; especially a vehicle for transporting large or heavy loads

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or device that transports. 2 a vehicle used to transport other vehicles or large pieces of machinery etc. by road. Phrases and idioms: transporter bridge a bridge carrying vehicles etc. across water on a suspended moving platform.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transporter Trans*port"er, n. One who transports.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(transporters) A transporter is a large vehicle or an aeroplane that is used for carrying very large or heavy objects, for example cars. (mainly BRIT) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, drayman, express, expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon, letter carrier, litter-bearer, porter, redcap, shield-bearer, skycap, stevedore, stretcher-bearer, the Water Bearer, truck driver, trucker, wagoner, water boy, water carrier