? Obs. [f. LADE v. + -ER1.] One who lades; esp. one who freights a ship.
1542–3. Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII., c. 9 § 3. The said owner or lader of the said picard bote or other vessel.
1552. Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI., c. 14 § 7. The Buying of any Corn … by any such Badger, Lader, Kidder or Carrier.
1626. Impeach. Dk. Buckhm. (Camden), 42. The name of the lader of the foresaid hides.
1697. View of Penal Laws, 9. A Lader of Corn or Grain.
1755. Magens, Insurances, I. 494. The Goods … appear to have been … restored … to the Masters of the Ships in which they were laden; and, by the Customs of the Sea, the Master is in the Place of the Lader, and answerable to him.
