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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. agent, form-of

   "There was only one loader for the truck today so it took him a long time to get everything moved."

2. 2
   an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game wordnet
3. 3
   A program that prepares other programs for execution.
4. 4
   a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port wordnet
5. 5
   A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.

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6. 6
   A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.; Ellipsis of backhoe loader abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
7. 7
   An incentive given to a dealer.

   "Unique point-of-purchase materials and display loaders dramatically contribute to the display's attention-getting ability."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

dock workerdock-walloperdockerdockhanddockworkerfreighter

Example

More examples

"Have you ever driven a front loader?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From load + -er.

Etymology 2

Variant of Loder.

Related phrases

absolute loaderauto-loaderbackhoe loaderbackhoe-loaderboot loaderbreech-loaderclapper-loaderend loaderend-loaderfront end loaderfront loaderfront-end loader

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.