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bottlefeeder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From bottle + feeder.

Meanings

1. One who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.
   • No matter how strong a mother's reason, there is always someone ready to second-guess her, though they may at the same time deny that that's what they're doing — as in this case of on-line criticism of a bottlefeeder by her breastfeeding in-law: […] 1995, Peggy Robin, Bottlefeeding Without Guilt: A Reassuring Guide for Loving Parents, Prima, →ISBN, page 68:
   • For Mary, the hardest part about the experience was the feeling of failure and her perception that other mothers thought of her as a "lazy bottlefeeder." 2005, Andy Steiner, Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding Adventures and Advice from Less-Than-Perfect Moms, Rodale, →ISBN, page xv:
   • One group of researchers (see page 11) have found that at eight days breastfeeders were more likely than bottlefeeders to kiss, rock and touch their babies while feeding and to talk to the babies between sucking bouts, […] 1982, Máire Messenger, The Breastfeeding Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 15:

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Relateds

breastfeeder