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loader
CIDE DICTIONARY
loader, n.
One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loader, n.
1 a loading-machine.
2 (in comb.) a gun, machine, lorry, etc., loaded in a specified way (breech-loader).
3 an attendant who loads guns at a shoot.
1 a loading-machine.
2 (in comb.) a gun, machine, lorry, etc., loaded in a specified way (breech-loader).
3 an attendant who loads guns at a shoot.
Derivative
-loading adj. (in comb.) (in sense 2).
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