: an appliance for holding or inserting a charge of powder or shot in a gun
b
: a cartridge clip
c
: a device for charging storage batteries
2
: a horse for battle or parade
Examples of charger in a Sentence
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Noun
Rivian is pushing a new software update that will give its customers better insight into which EV chargers to visit — and which to avoid.—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024 Cameras smaller than 6 inches and without the case
Breast pump and its supplies
Handheld radios and televisions with an earpiece
Portable chargers that aren’t larger than 6 inches by 3 inches by 1.5 inches.—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024 And to be able to rely on having a full battery on your phone, a portable charger is nonnegotiable.—Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2024 Anker Portable Charger $50 A portable battery charger is another essential for cruise packing.—Becca Blond, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024 The company invested not just in building the cars themselves, but also in charger networks, and in efforts to produce EV batteries in-house.—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024 Some of the stations will have more than four chargers.—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024 The physical layout of most EV chargers can be a challenge for campers.—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024 He was caught on wiretaps discussing orders with Yandell, which included not just drugs but saw blades, screwdrivers, chargers, green paint and phones.—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chargeour, borrowed from Anglo-French, from charger "to load, burden" + -eour-er entry 2 — more at charge entry 1
Note:Oxford English Dictionary, first edition, Middle English Dictionary, and Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch treat the etymon of this word as distinct from the etymon of charger entry 2, presumably on the grounds that the suffix, here designating a place, goes back to -eoir, from Latin -ātōrium, though there is little evidence for this in manuscript spellings. The meaning "dish or platter" found in Anglo-French appears not to have a parallel on the continent.
Noun (2)
Middle English chargere "someone who loads or burdens," from charger "to load, burden" + -ere-er entry 2 — more at -er entry 2 — more at charge entry 1
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