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feeder (n.)
early 15c., "one who feeds (an animal);" 1560s, "one who eats;" agent noun from
feed
(v.). As a mechanical apparatus for conveying materials, from 1660s. Of cattle and streams, by 1790s; of roads and railroads, by 1850s.