unloader

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noun

One who or that which unloads.

OriginEnglish unload ← Middle English on- ← Old English on- →
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Meanings

noununloader (plural unloaders)

plural unloaders

  1. One who or that which unloads.

    Two ships can be accommodated on the berth, although a single-vessel discharge is the usual arrangement, and there are three 20-ton ore unloaders on the quay.

    1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 410

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishload
  10. Englishunload
  11. Englishunloader

From unload + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

unloader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloader

MLA

“unloader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloader. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unloader,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloader.

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