freighter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: freight=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

freighter, n. 

•  One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.  [1913 Webster]
•  One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.  [1913 Webster]
•  One for whom freight is transported.  [1913 Webster]
•  A vessel used mainly to carry freight.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

freighter, n.
1 a ship or aircraft designed to carry freight.
2 US a wagon for freight.
3 a person who loads or charters and loads a ship.
4 a person who consigns goods for carriage inland.
5 a person whose business is to receive and forward freight.

THESAURUS

freighter

Amtrak, Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, argosy, ark, baggage train, bathyscaphe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, cable railroad, caddie, caravel, cargo handler, cargo ship, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, choo-choo, coast guard cutter, coaster, cog railroad, cog railway, collier, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, derelict, drayman, dredge, el, electric, electric train, elevated, express, express train, expressman, fishing boat, flier, freight, freight train, funicular, goods train, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon, hydrofoil, icebreaker, interurban, lash, letter carrier, lightning express, lightship, limited, liner, litter-bearer, local, merchant ship, merchantman, metro, milk train, monorail, oiler, packet, packet boat, paddle steamer, parliamentary, parliamentary train, passenger train, picket ship, porter, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, rattler, redcap, refrigeration ship, revenue cutter, rolling stock, rotor, rotor ship, screw steamer, self-propelled barge, shield-bearer, ship, shuttle, shuttle train, side-wheeler, skycap, slaver, spar-decker, special, steam schooner, steam yacht, steamer, stern-wheeler, stevedore, storeship, streamliner, stretcher-bearer, subway, tanker, tender, the Water Bearer, train, tramp steamer, transport, transporter, trawler, truck driver, trucker, tube, turbine, underground, wagoner, water boy, water carrier, way train, weather ship, whaler