charger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtʃɑːdʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English chargere, equivalent to charge + -er.
Meanings
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A device that charges or recharges.
GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service.
2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13:Put the batteries in the charger overnight so we can use them tomorrow.
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One who charges.
With the first volley Waziri fell. The speed of the chargers slackened. Another volley brought down a half dozen more.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 135:That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger.
2018, Robert J. Stoller, Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred:
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(historical) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry.
Before the stranger could make any reply to this unexpected proposition, another horseman dashed the bushes asides, and leaped his charger into the pathway in front of his companion.
1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page 43:The knight rode a white charger.
My centuria slept in one of the stables, under the stone mangers where the names of the cavalry chargers were still inscribed.
1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
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A large platter.
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 14:8:
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A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal.
The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain charger when serving.
- A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
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(qualifier:prison) A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
"See this? This is a charger. It's used by convicts to hide money and drugs. They stick it in their body, they tuck it up their rectum."
2004, Brian Helgeland, 01:44:10 from the start, in Man on Fire:
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Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”).
Miller had a new executive officer, a real charger, as they're known in the trade, who was looking into all aspects of the operation up there.
1980, Bill Gulley, Mary Ellen Reese, Breaking Cover, page 161:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chargers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
twincharger · chargerless · battery charger · wall charger · supercharger · power charger
Synonyms
underplate · service plate · hard charger
Translations (80)
it caricabatterie (a device that charges or recharges) · ru заря́дное устро́йство (a device that charges or recharges) · sl polnilnik (a device that charges or recharges) · hu nagy tál (a large platter) · acw شاحِن (a device that charges or recharges) · tr şarj aleti (a device that charges or recharges) · ar شَاحِن (a device that charges or recharges) · ro încărcător (a device that charges or recharges) · hu akkumulátortöltő (a device that charges or recharges) · da lader (a device that charges or recharges) · pt salva (a large platter) · sh punjač (a device that charges or recharges) · ru заряжа́ющий (one who charges) · ca corser (a large horse trained for battle) · az yükləyici (a device that charges or recharges) · eo batalĉevalego (a large horse trained for battle) · lt pakrovėjas (a device that charges or recharges) · da oplader (a device that charges or recharges) · mk полнач (a device that charges or recharges) · uk заря́дний пристрі́й (a device that charges or recharges) · th เครื่องประจุแบตเตอรี่ (a device that charges or recharges) · nb lader (a device that charges or recharges) · yi אָנלאָדער (a device that charges or recharges) · lv lādētājs (a device that charges or recharges) · tl panablay (a device that charges or recharges) · hu csataló (a large horse trained for battle) · eo elektra ŝargilo (a device that charges or recharges) · he מַטעֵן (a device that charges or recharges) · da dækketallerken (a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting) · bg заря́дно устро́йство (a device that charges or recharges) · th ม้าศึก (a large horse trained for battle) · ja 充電器 (a device that charges or recharges) · fi laturi (a device that charges or recharges) · ru заряжа́лка (a device that charges or recharges) · bg заря́дно (a device that charges or recharges) · hu mobiltelefon-töltő (a device that charges or recharges) · sh пуњач (a device that charges or recharges) · hu (cellphone) telefontöltő (a device that charges or recharges) · eo subtelero (a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting) · hi आवेशक (a device that charges or recharges) · es recargardor (a device that charges or recharges) · fa شارژر (a device that charges or recharges) · cs nabíječka (a device that charges or recharges) · sk nabíjačka (a device that charges or recharges) · be зара́дная прыла́да (a device that charges or recharges) · it corsiero (a large horse trained for battle) · hi चार्जर (a device that charges or recharges) · et akulaadija (a device that charges or recharges) · et laadija (a device that charges or recharges) · pt carregador (a device that charges or recharges) · ko 군마 (a large horse trained for battle) · gl cargador (a device that charges or recharges) · sw kimemeshi (a device that charges or recharges) · ja チャージャー (a device that charges or recharges) · sv laddare (a device that charges or recharges) · it sottopiatto (a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting) · ca carregador (a device that charges or recharges) · hu akkutöltő (a device that charges or recharges) · ru заря́дка (a device that charges or recharges) · hu harci mén (a large horse trained for battle) · cmn 軍馬 /军马 (a large horse trained for battle) · de Ladegerät (a device that charges or recharges) · nb dekketallerken (a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting) · pl ładowarka (a device that charges or recharges) · ja 軍馬 (a large horse trained for battle) · ru строево́й конь (a large horse trained for battle) · ru строева́я ло́шадь (a large horse trained for battle) · hu töltő (a device that charges or recharges) · nl oplader (a device that charges or recharges) · fr chargeur (a device that charges or recharges) · pl rumak (a large horse trained for battle) · vi bộ nạp điện (a device that charges or recharges) · eo pletego (a large platter) · pt prato de baixo (a large platter under the dinner plate in a formal dinner setting) · cmn 充電器 /充电器 (a device that charges or recharges) · eo ŝarĝisto (one who charges) · km ឆ្នាំងសាក (a device that charges or recharges) · enm courser (a large horse trained for battle) · es cargador (a device that charges or recharges) · ko 충전기 (a device that charges or recharges)