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Grader

//ˈɡɹeɪdɚ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.

    "The blade-grader is a long steel-framed carriage under which is fixed a steel blade capable of being tilted at various angles: its principal use is in trimming cutting-slopes."

  2. 2
    a judge who assigns grades to something wordnet
  3. 3
    A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
  4. 4
    One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.

    "the graders of a school examination"

  5. 5
    One who belongs to a certain grade at school. in-compounds

    "a first-grader"

Etymology

From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

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