exchanger

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English

Etymology

From exchange +‎ -er.

Noun

exchanger (plural exchangers)

  1. A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
    • 1950 December, E. M. Patterson, “An Ulster Round Trip”, in Railway Magazine, page 804:
      Over the stretch of single line track to Ballymena, the fireman had a busy time, dividing his attention between the fire and the acrobatics necessitated by loading and unloading the automatic tablet exchanger as we sped through the sections.
    1. (biochemistry) An antiporter.

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