1.One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. "A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder."
2.One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots."
3.One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. "With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder."
4.One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
5.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.
6.A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
8.(Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
9.(Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
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