noun
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a person who loads a gun or other firearm
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(in combination) designating a firearm or machine loaded in a particular way
breech-loader
top-loader
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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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A front-end loader would roll down the seemingly endless aisles and pop the trees out one by one.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
It is believed that Khormuj has a mechanical loader for moving missiles into the silos on train tracks, instead of on mobile launchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Festival-goers can compete for the title of best welder, crane operator or backhoe loader -- or be crowned the "Oildorado Queen."
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
At least once a day at the moment, she fills a big plastic tank of water and carts it from farm to field in a loader.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025
They reported the rescue team had gotten near the face, but a loader covered by the fall stood in their way and they were trying to pull it out.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
There weren’t any loaders working yet, though, and the weather wasn’t cooperating for a burn.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Amazon has gamified the process so that pickers and loaders can compete against one another using their times as inputs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
WRCOs are on a higher pay band than the loaders - £26,409 to £32,654.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
Not long after the tornado hit Greenfield, Iowa, residents were already using skid loaders to clear streets.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
At the base of the cliffs, hundreds of men with sledgehammers and crowbars climbed over piles of fallen rock, loosening them for the front loaders.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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