Charger

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Charger \Char"ger\, n.
     1. One who, or that which charges.
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     2. An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.
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     3. A large dish. [Obs.]
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              Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
                                                    --Matt. xiv.
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     4. A horse for battle or parade. --Macaulay.
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              And furious every charger neighed.    --Campbell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  charger
       n 1: formerly a strong horse ridden into battle
       2: a device for charging or recharging batteries [syn: {battery
          charger}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "charger":
     Houyhnhnm, brood mare, colt, courser, critter, dobbin, entire,
     entire horse, equine, filly, foal, gelding, horse, mare, mount,
     nag, prancer, stallion, steed, stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse,
     trooper, war-horse, wild horse
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Charger
     a bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of
     the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Num.
     7:13, etc.). The "charger" in which the Baptist's head was
     presented was a platter or flat wooden trencher (Matt. 14:8, 11;
     Mark 6:25, 28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were
     probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHARGER, Scotch law. He in whose favor a decree suspended is pronounced; vet 
  a decree may be suspended before a charge is given on it. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 
  4, 3, 7.