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, 11; Mark 6:25, 28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) One who, or that which charges.

2. (n.) An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.

3. (n.) A large dish.

4. (n.) A horse for battle or parade.