charger

Etymology

From Middle English chargere, equivalent to charge + -er.

noun

1. A device that charges or recharges.
   Put the batteries in the charger overnight so we can use them tomorrow.
2. One who charges.
   That attack may damage the homosexual, but even as he is hurt, he also feels superior, because he is not a bull—a blind, stupid animal. Rather, he is an aesthete—a tweaker, not a charger. 2018, Robert J. Stoller, Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred
3. (historical, military) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier).
   The knight rode a white charger.
4. A large platter.
5. A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal; also service plate or underplate.
   The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain charger when serving.
6. (firearms) A speed loader that holds several cartridges together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine.
7. (prison) A rectal concealment container for prohibited material such as money, drugs and tools.
   "See this? This is a charger. It's used by convicts to hide money and drugs. They stick it in their body, they tuck it up their rectum." 2004, Brian Helgeland, 01:44:10 from the start, in Man on Fire
8. Synonym of hard charger (“person with a good work ethic”)
   Miller had a new executive officer, a real charger, as they're known in the trade, who was looking into all aspects of the operation up there. 1980, Bill Gulley, Mary Ellen Reese, Breaking Cover, page 161