ˈfrād.ə(r), -ātə- noun
( -s )
1. : one that loads or charters and loads a ship
2. : one whose business is freighting ; especially : one engaged in the former business of shipping goods by wagon across the western plains of the U.S.
the city's history is rife with stories of the wild behavior of cowboys, soldiers, trail drivers, and freighters — American Guide Series: Texas
as a freighter … his eight-mule wagon was held up by a band of one hundred raiding Sioux — S.H.Adams
3. : shipper
4. : a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight
makes air freighters out of conventional commercial aircraft — New York Times