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- Feeder - n. - One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
- Feeder - n. - One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.
- Feeder - n. - One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
- Feeder - n. - One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
- Feeder - n. - A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.
- Feeder - n. - A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
- Feeder - n. - A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.
- Feeder - n. - A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
- Feeder - n. - An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
- Feeder - n. - A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
- Sheepmaster - n. - A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.
- Pane - n. - In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.