Category:Charger

Char"ger, n.

1. One who, or that which charges.

2. An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.

3. A large dish. [Obs.] Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

4. A horse for battle or parade. Macaulay. And furious every charger neighed. Campbell. - ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Charger - A bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Numbers 7:13, etc.). The "charger" in which the Baptist's head was presented was a platter or flat wooden trencher (Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:11; Mark 6:25, Mark 6:28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.