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freighter

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freight·er  (frtr)
n.
1. A vehicle, especially a ship, used for carrying freight.
2. A shipper of cargo.

freighter [ˈfreɪtə]
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a ship or aircraft designed for transporting cargo
2. (Business / Commerce) a person concerned with the loading or chartering of a ship
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.freighterfreighter - a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
cargo ship, cargo vessel - a ship designed to carry cargo
Translations
freighter [ˈfreɪtəʳ] N
1. (Naut) → buque m de carga, nave f de mercancías
2. (= person: carrier) → transportista m; (= agent) → fletador m
freighter [ˈfreɪtər] ncargo m
freight plane navion-cargo m
freight train n (US)train m de marchandises
freighter
n (Naut) → Frachter m, → Frachtschiff nt; (Aviat) → Frachtflugzeug nt
freighter [ˈfreɪtəʳ] n (Naut) → nave f mercantile or da carico, mercantile m (Aer) → aereo da trasporto merci
freighter [ˈfreɪtəʳ] n (Naut) → nave f mercantile or da carico, mercantile m (Aer) → aereo da trasporto merci


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Even now, far above the gold-shot scarlet dome of the jeddak's palace, she could see the huge bulk of a giant freighter taking its majestic way through the thin Barsoomian air toward the west and Dusar.
And try it again we did, only to be almost rammed by a huge freighter.
For this piece of service the captain demanded of us six thousand weight of tabacco, which he said he was accountable for to his freighter, and which we immediately bought for him, and made him a present of twenty guineas besides, with which he was abundantly satisfied.
 
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