spreader

Etymology

spread + -er

noun

1. An object or person who spreads.
2. A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
3. A device used to spread bulk material.
   James put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
4. A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
   Ellen used a spreader to butter her bagel.
5. (nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
6. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
7. The moving platform of a container crane.
8. (computing, slang) A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
   Spreaders uploaded the games to an online BBS to distribute the games as quickly as possible to as many people as possible. 2017, Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Going to New York