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weapons carrier

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.


Etymology

Origin of weapons carrier

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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His legislation would require a concealed weapons carrier to be at least 21, require disclosure of all prior arrests, convictions and restraining orders, and mandate in-person interviews, psychiatric evaluations and character references.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2022

We trundled around the northwestern portion of the island, looking for monk seals in a battered, Korean War-era weapons carrier, a kind of truck, with wooden planks for benches.

From New York Times May 8, 2013

When the captain finished reading the charges, three husky MPs stepped up to the young men and marched them off to a weapons carrier.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vehicle selected to bear this man of nonviolence on his last journey was a weapons carrier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, the camera picked up the weapons carrier.

From The Best Made Plans by H. R. van Dongen

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