Feed’er, n.

n. 1. One who gives food or supplies nourishment; a steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.

2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. “The feeder of my riots.” Shak.
3. One who eats or subsists.

With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
5. A fountain, stream, or channel that supplies a main canal with water.
6. A branch railroad, or a side line which increases the business of the main line.
7. (Mining.) A side branch of a vein that passes into a lode.