CHANGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does changer mean? 

• CHANGER (noun)
  The noun CHANGER has 2 senses:

1. a person who changes something

2. an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention

  Familiarity information: CHANGER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who changes something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

changer; modifier

Context example:

an inveterate changer of the menu

Hypernyms ("changer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "changer"):

adulterator (a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance)

normaliser; normalizer (a person who normalizes)

standardiser; standardizer (a person who sets a standard for things to conform to)

Derivation:

change (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auto-changer; changer; record changer

Hypernyms ("changer" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Holonyms ("changer" is a part of...):

phonograph; record player (machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically)

 Context examples 

"Our new technique could prove to be a game-changer for many types of cellular research," says Taylor.

(Cell chemistry illuminated by laser light, National Science Foundation)

This research is a game-changer that opens up a lot of options for further evolutionary study in terms of humans as well as mammals.

(‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries, University of Cambridge)

And that could be a game changer.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

This makes this visit a game changer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"This is a game changer in our understanding of human evolution during the Pliocene (5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago)," said Yohannes Haile-Selassie, curator, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

(3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry, National Science Foundation)

Well, it’s a game changer because I was doing a case the other day with a surgeon, and we had to wait an additional two hours because the current method takes that long, said Aydin Zahedivash, medical student and co-creator of the MasSpec Pen.

(New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds, VOA/Elizabeth Lee)