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Noun: grader  grey-du(r)
  1. A vehicle with machinery for levelling the ground, used for making or improving roads
    "The grader smoothed out the dirt road after the heavy rains"
     
  2. [N. Amer] (used in combination with a number) a pupil at a specified school grade
    "5th graders are only ten years old"
     
  3. A judge who assigns grades to something
    "The grader carefully reviewed each essay before assigning a final score"

Derived forms: graders

Type of: critic

Encyclopedia: Grader