# bleeder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblidɚ/ · frequency rank #85,044

## Definitions
1. A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.
2. A blood vessel that requires cauterization etc. to stop it from bleeding during surgery.
3. Anything that saps a resource produced by something else.
4. A valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system.
5. A troublesome fellow or thing; a blighter.
6. Synonym of scratch hit.
7. A person who menstruates (used in the context of transgender inclusivity).

## Etymology
From bleed + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bleeder