reloadern.
/ˌriːˈləʊdə/, U.S. /riˈloʊdər/ A person who or thing which reloads something, esp. a firearm.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > one who or that which fills > again
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one who reloads
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1882 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 19 Aug. Nickel plated Reloader costing $3.
1890 Sci. Amer. 7 June 360/1 The coal handling plant..may be resolved into three parts: The elevators..; the trimmers..; and finally the reloaders.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 3 19 The home manufacturer of bullets and reloader of ammunition must perforce confine his making of bullets to those of the lead variety.
1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing vii. 94 This man's forte was fast use of the automatic reloader... He was using something like a ·44 Magnum.
1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 18–24 Nov. 34/4 I would very much appreciate advice from reloaders of home made cartridges.
1989 Amer. Rifleman Nov. 44/1 (advt.) Many gunwriters have advocated starting with a single stage reloader.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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