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  1. a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.
  2. a person or animal that bleeds easily, especially an athlete or racehorse.
  3. a person who draws blood from a sick person; phlebotomist.
  4. Slang. a person who drains another of money, resources, etc.; parasite or usurer.
  5. Metallurgy. an ingot or casting from which some metal has escaped.
  7. Also called bleeder valve. a valve or opening for draining a tank, tubing, etc.
  8. British Slang.
    1. a despicable person.
    2. a person, especially a man; fellow.
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Origin of bleeder

First recorded in 1780–90; bleed + -er1

British Dictionary definitions for bleeder resistor

bleeder resistor

  1. a resistor connected across the output terminals of a power supply in order to improve voltage regulation and to discharge filter capacitors
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  1. slang
    1. derogatorya despicable persona rotten bleeder
    2. any person; fellowwhere's the bleeder gone?
  2. pathol a nontechnical name for a haemophiliac
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Word Origin and History for bleeder resistor



1756, "one who lets blood," agent noun from bleed (v.). As "one with hemophilia," from 1803.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

bleeder resistor in Medicine


  2. A blood vessel from which there is uncontrolled bleeding.
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