noun

loader

loader, loading machine

The loader put the boxes onto the truck.

The loader put the boxes onto the lorry.

He operated the front loader at the construction site.

He operated the front loader at the building site.

The program's boot loader failed to start.

The programme's boot loader failed to start.

a/the loader a person or machine that loads The loader is a powerful machine.

Synonyms: docker, stevedore (person); loading machine

From the verb 'to load' plus the agent noun suffix '-er', meaning 'one who/that which loads'.

Think of the '-er' ending, which often means a person or thing that does an action, like 'teach' -> 'teacher'. A 'loader' is something that 'loads'.

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