freighter

[ frey-ter ]

noun

1. a vessel used mainly for carrying cargo.
2. a large aircraft or spacecraft used primarily for transporting cargo and equipment:

   The space station of the future will be supplied by robot freighters.

3. a person whose occupation it is to receive and forward freight.
4. a person for whom freight is transported; shipper.

freighter

/ ˈfreɪtə /

noun

1. a ship or aircraft designed for transporting cargo
2. a person concerned with the loading or chartering of a ship

Word History and Origins

Origin of freighter¹

First recorded in 1615–25; freight + -er ¹

Example Sentences

At first, these so-called “cabin freighters” airlifted ventilators, masks, and other crucial medical supplies to hard-hit hospitals.

From Quartz

Cathay Pacific said the three individuals were freighter pilots who flew cargo, not passenger, planes.

From Washington Post

The world's maritime industry — from ferries to freighters — is trying to navigate a once-in-a-century transition away from fossil fuels to new, cleaner means of propulsion.

From Axios

Lightning flashes are more frequent along shipping routes, where freighters emit particulates into the air, than in the surrounding ocean.

From MIT Technology Review

There are many other coastal freighter types that are similar in size and energy demand.’

From Singularity Hub 

The 7,000-ton freighter is still stocked with sake bottles and four fighter planes, and it is encircled by gray reef.

From The Daily Beast

The red bottom-plates of a submarine freighter came rolling up behind the surge to show how futile was the might of man.

From Project Gutenberg

Jandron only means that Miss Mallen is much more comfortable on this passenger-ship than she'd be in your freighter.

From Project Gutenberg

Ummm—seems so—wasn't she the big freighter that disappeared many years ago?

From Project Gutenberg

The freighter had a long black-snake whip, and was snapping it about the ears of the leaders.

From Project Gutenberg

The two machines glided up the slope, leaving the baffled and swearing freighter far behind.

From Project Gutenberg

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