Noun: loader low-du(r)
- A labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
"The loader efficiently moved cargo from the ship to the dock";
- stevedore, docker [Brit], dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper, longshoreman [N. Amer], wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]
- An attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
"The loader quickly reloaded the shotgun for the next round of clay pigeon shooting"
Derived forms: loaders
Type of: attendant, attender, jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], tender
Encyclopedia: Loader, Brian