loader

[loh-der]

noun

a person or thing that loads.
a self-propelled machine with a shovel or bucket at the end of articulated arms, used to raise earth or other material and load it into a dump truck.

Origin of loader

Middle English loder; see load, -er¹

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Historical Examples of loader

I was stationed at the braces, and quartered at the long thirty-two as second loader.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
With the Wenman, who drove the wain, we may mention the Leader or Loader.
The Romance of Names
Ernest Weekley
Then suddenly the loader relaxed his grip and lay limp and still.
Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914
Various
"Lend me a loader for half an hour, Sir William," he begged.
The Double Four
E. Phillips Oppenheim
One of the men of the crew was the loader, and he was likewise able to fire the piece.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell

British Dictionary definitions for loader

loader

noun

a person who loads a gun or other firearm
(in combination) designating a firearm or machine loaded in a particular waybreech-loader; top-loader
computing a system program that takes a program in a form close to machine code and places it into a memory for execution

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Word Origin and History for loader

late 15c., "person who loads," agent noun from load (v.). Of machinery, by 1862.