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loader

[ loh-der ]
/ ˈloʊ dər /
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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.

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Nearby words

  1. load-lugger,
  2. load-shedding,
  3. loaded,
  4. loaded for bear,
  5. loaded question,
  6. loadie,
  7. loading,
  8. loading coil,
  9. loading program,
  10. loadmaster

Origin of loader

Middle English loder; see load, -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for loader

loader

/ (ˈləʊdə) /

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for loader

loader

n.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper