: 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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Noun
Iniu Portable Charger Last month, over 10,000 shoppers purchased this best-selling portable charger.—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025 Standout deals on travel essentials, such as wireless earbuds and portable chargers, are about to expire.—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 As the gold truck veered right, the driver of the Kia Cadenza saw the approaching green charger.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 The 2-amp charger is going to take you about 7-8 hours to top off the battery from dead.—New Atlas, 7 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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