- bleeder
- bleeder 1756, "one who lets blood," agent noun from BLEED (Cf. bleed) (v.). As "one with hemophilia," from 1803.
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bleeder — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a person regarded with contempt, disrespect, or pity: lucky little bleeder! … English terms dictionary
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bleeder — [blēd′ər] n. 1. a person who draws blood from another 2. a person who bleeds profusely; hemophiliac 3. Electronics a resistor used to regulate the voltage in a power supply, discharge a high voltage capacitor, etc … English World dictionary
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bleeder — /blee deuhr/, n. 1. a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac. 2. a person or animal that bleeds easily, esp. an athlete or racehorse. 3. a person who draws blood from a sick person; phlebotomist. 4. Slang. a person … Universalium
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bleeder — n. 1 coarse sl. a person (esp. as a term of contempt or disrespect) (you bleeder; lucky bleeder). 2 colloq. a haemophiliac … Useful english dictionary
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Bleeder resistor — A bleeder resistor is a resistor placed in parallel with a high voltage supply for the purposes of discharging the energy stored in the power source s filter capacitors or other components that store electrical energy when the equipment is turned … Wikipedia
