charger
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
charger (plural chargers)
- a device that charges or recharges
- Put the batteries in the charger overnight so we can use them tomorrow.
- (historical) a large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier)
- 1938, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Chapter 1,
- My centuria slept in one of the stables, under the stone mangers where the names of the cavalry chargers were still inscribed.
- The knight rode a white charger.
- 1938, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Chapter 1,
- a large platter
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 14:8 ↗:
- And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
- a large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal; also service plate or underplate
- The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain charger when serving.
- one who charges
- (firearms) a speedloader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine
- (prison) a rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools
- 2004, Man on Fire, 01:44:10:
- "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, Man on Fire, 01:44:10:
- French: chargeur
- German: Ladegerät
- Italian: caricabatterie
- Portuguese: carregador
- Russian: заря́дное устро́йство
- Spanish: cargador
- Italian: corsiero
- Russian: строева́я ло́шадь
- Portuguese: salva
- Russian: заряжа́ющий
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