Definition of "freighter" []

• A vehicle, especially a ship, used for carrying freight. (noun)
• A shipper of cargo. (noun)

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• "•The freighter is blown up just after a group of Oceanic survivors takes off from the deck in a helicopter flown by Frank Lapidus."
• "We were left with the strange impression that the doctor on the freighter is still alive, at least in Freighter Time, yet has already washed up dead on the island."
• "Russian oil billionaire and owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, is in talks to take a controlling interest in Italian freighter operator, Ocean Airlines."