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Loader

One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

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Broader term 5

Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laborer 76% connected

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Longshoreman 76% connected

One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lumper 92% connected

The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stevedore 92% connected

One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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