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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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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
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