ˈblēdə(r) noun
( -s )
1. : one that draws blood:
a. : a person (as a barber-surgeon) who draws blood for medical reasons : bloodletter
b. : sticker
2. : one that gives up blood:
a. : hemophiliac
b. : a large blood vessel divided during surgery
c. : a prizefighter who cuts and bleeds easily in the ring
d. : a horse or other animal immunized against some pathogen and regularly bled for the production of serums
3.
a. : one that bleeds another of money or resources : sponge , parasite
b. slang : rogue , rascal — often used as a deprecatory or affectionate term of address
you old bleeder , you
4.
a. : a device or arrangement that permits bleeding (as an escape valve or the device controlling the extraction of steam from a turbine)
b. : an electrical resistor connected across a power supply in parallel with the load and of such value that normal variations in load resistance have little effect on the terminal voltage