transporter

noun

trans·​port·​er tran(t)s-ˈpȯr-tər How to pronounce transporter (audio)
ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯr-
: one that transports
especially : a vehicle for transporting large or heavy loads

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Today, the gang’s fee for every truck entering the fuel terminal is 50,000 gourdes, one transporter said. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025 The platform operates as a two-way online marketplace, enabling customers to post their boat shipment needs and receive instant quotes and bids from a network of vetted transporters. Jon Stojan, USA Today, 7 May 2025 What is left then needs to be carried into cancer cells by a nucleoside transporter, and then converted into an anti-cancer metabolite called 3’-dATP. Nick Lavars, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025 The platform operates as a two-way marketplace where pet owners can post a shipment request and quickly receive bids from a vast network of transporters. William Mullane, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transporter

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of transporter was in 1535

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“Transporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transporter. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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