forwarder

noun

for·ward·er ˈfȯr-wər-dər

also ˈfō-

or ˈfȯ-

Southern also ˈfär-

: one that forwards

especially : an agent who performs services (such as receiving, transshipping, or delivering) designed to move goods to their destination

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Chinese authorities also arrested a freight forwarder with whom Guo is accused of conspiring to send the illicit parcels to Schmidt and others. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026 Documents move sequentially across exporters, freight forwarders, banks and insurers, often via email, couriers or scanned PDFs. — Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 3 Feb. 2026 If a lender in Maryland needs a car repossessed in Seattle and doesn’t know any agents there, a forwarder with a national repo database may manage the job, from assignment to resolution. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The shipper provided the freight forwarder with information about the shipment, including contents, value, destination and recipient, according to the document. — Christina Hall, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forwarder

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1549, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forwarder was in 1549

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forwarder

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