<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.</li><li>a person or animal that bleeds easily, especially an athlete or racehorse.</li><li>a person who draws blood from a sick person; phlebotomist.</li><li>Slang. a person who drains another of money, resources, etc.; parasite or usurer.</li><li>Metallurgy. an ingot or casting from which some metal has escaped.</li><li>Also called bleeder resistor [blee,-der ri-zis-ter].</li><li>Electricity. a resistor that is connected across a power supply for voltage regulation and to dissipate the charge remaining in capacitors when the power is discontinued.</li><li>Also called bleeder valve.</li><li>a valve or opening for draining a tank, tubing, etc.</li><li>British Slang. a despicable person.</li><li>a person, especially a man; fellow.</li></ul>