"changer" meaning in English

See changer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-changer.wav Forms: changers [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English chaungere, chaungeour (“moneychanger”); equivalent to change + -er. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|chaungere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English chaungere, {{inh+|en|enm|chaungere}} Inherited from Middle English chaungere, {{suffix|en|change|er|id2=agent noun}} change + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} changer (plural changers)
  1. Someone or something who changes things.
    Sense id: en-changer-en-noun-jas3omBq
  2. Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
    Sense id: en-changer-en-noun-DQ7sySqk
  3. A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
    Sense id: en-changer-en-noun-syFXxLng Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 13 10 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 3 31 3 11 4 3 3 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "CD changer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "channel changer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "diaper changer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gamechanger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "money changer"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "record changer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "shapechanger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tap changer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "channel changer"
    },
    {
      "word": "diaper changer"
    },
    {
      "word": "gamechanger"
    },
    {
      "word": "game changer"
    },
    {
      "word": "gender changer"
    },
    {
      "word": "money changer"
    },
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      "word": "multichanger"
    },
    {
      "word": "namechanger"
    },
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      "word": "no changer"
    },
    {
      "word": "record changer"
    },
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      "word": "shapechanger"
    },
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      "word": "tap changer"
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    }
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        "Someone or something who changes things."
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone or something that changes or transforms itself."
      ]
    },
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      ],
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