Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which unloads; specifically, a contrivance for unloading, as hay.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of unload; one who unloads.

Etymologies

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unload + -er

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Examples

  • The quiet charmer of the group is the Green Party 's Howie Hawkins, a Dartmouth College graduate who works as a truck-unloader for UPS and names reading as his favorite pastime.

    Candidates Crowd Stage Erica Orden 2010

  • Another is a UPS truck-unloader who is on his 18th campaign for public office.

    Candidates Crowd Stage Erica Orden 2010

  • The participants, who also included a personal-injury lawyer, a retired postal worker, and a Dartmouth-educated truck-unloader for UPS, were given equal time to speak.

    Minor Players Highlight Governor Debate Jacob Gershman 2010

  • After he finished milking his herd, he turned his attention to the silo unloader, which wasn\'t working properly.

    Jim Gibbons: From Disability to AgrAbility 2009

  • After he finished milking his herd, he turned his attention to the silo unloader, which wasn\'t working properly.

    Jim Gibbons: From Disability to AgrAbility 2009

  • Only this time, his foot was too close to the machinery, and his shoe and leg were pulled into the unloader.

    Jim Gibbons: From Disability to AgrAbility 2009

  • After he finished milking his herd, he turned his attention to the silo unloader, which wasn't working properly.

    Jim Gibbons: From Disability to AgrAbility 2009

  • Ships and trains are cool by themselves, off running along, but bring the two of them together and stick a Hulett unloader I know – off topic in the middle and things get very interesting.

    Trackwork 2008

  • Ships and trains are cool by themselves, off running along, but bring the two of them together and stick a Hulett unloader I know – off topic in the middle and things get very interesting.

    Wordly Wise 2008

  • When the tractor hauling a grain cart pulled up alongside me, I certainly wouldn't have slowed down, but instead pressed the button to activate the unloader without pause.

    Speeding Through Cornfields -- at Four MPH 2007

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