: 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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The least expensive method of charging an electric vehicle is with a home charger in your driveway or garage.—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025 Unfold the charger at your destination and your treated to a creamsicle phone charger with a Qi charging pad on the back for your AirPods and a lovely aqua watch charger.—Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Original price: $21.99 One of the thinnest portable chargers on the market is the INIU portable charger.—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025 Plus, a popular portable phone charger from Anker was just recalled.—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 18 June 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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