feeder.
One who feeds, or gives food to another.
Meaning & usage
One who feeds, or gives food to another.
One who feeds, or gives food to another. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
One who feeds, or takes in food.
One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
That which is used to feed.
bird feeder
A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
A branch line of a railway.
A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
Ellipsis of feeder school.
A feeder ship.
A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
The pitcher.
A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
One who abets another.
A parasite.
Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.