: 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
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Not all smartwatch chargers can charge any device.—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 Two pairs of headphones get tossed into my carry-on, along with three extra chargers and a back-up watch.—Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025 In such areas, China’s robotic charger is expected to help EV users.—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025 It was started to rival Tesla's home energy systems and provide battery packs, EV chargers and software to help customers optimize charging and ride out electric grid disruptions.—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for charger
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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