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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Spreader

/(-ẽr)/ · Spread·er · IPA /ˈspɹɛdɚ/
01 n. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates.
  2. 2.
    A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.