weapons carrier
Americannoun
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
The British army solved the problem by escorting him back and forth along the road every day with an armed Land Rover and a weapons carrier fore and aft of his bicycle.
From Time Magazine Archive
An hour later, after dusk and fog had settled in over Barnau, a West German border guard on routine patrol found the weapons carrier parked a bare six feet from the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
A couple of hundred meters from the house, a weapons carrier purred into position, wheeled to face the house, and stopped, the muted roar of its motor dying to a faint rumble.
From The Best Made Plans by Dongen, H. R. van
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