CHARGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does charger mean? 

• CHARGER (noun)
  The noun CHARGER has 2 senses:

1. formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle

2. a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable

  Familiarity information: CHARGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

charger; courser

Hypernyms ("charger" is a kind of...):

warhorse (horse used in war)

Derivation:

charge (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

battery charger; charger

Hypernyms ("charger" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)

 Context examples 

Felton's reply was to bound upon his charger, and to urge it down the slope, while Sir Nigel followed not three spears'-lengths behind him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jo thought that was splendid, and resolved to be worthy of her knight, though he did not come prancing on a charger in gorgeous array.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“My lord,” cried Alleyne, joyfully, “here are our chargers in the field, and I see your harness amid the plunder which these rogues have left behind them.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The chargers spun round each other, biting and striking, while the two blades wheeled and whizzed and circled in gleams of dazzling light.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Long time the silent ranks upon the hill could see a swirl and eddy deep down in the heart of the Spanish column, with a circle of rearing chargers and flashing blades.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Loud rang the swift charger's hoofs over rock and reef, while the fire flew from the stroke of iron, and the loose stones showered up behind him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had changed from the horse upon which he had ridden, and bestrode the black charger which his squire had led beside him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She bobbed a frightened curtsey as Sir Nigel swept his velvet hat from his head and reined up his great charger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

First came Black Simon with his banner, bestriding a lean and powerful dapple-gray charger, as hard and wiry and warwise as himself.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the sight of their returning comrades there was a shout of welcome, and a horseman, who had been exercising his charger behind the camp, came cantering down to them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)