cradler en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From cradle (noun) + -er.
Meanings
- An agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).
Forms
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cradler en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From cradle (verb) + -er.
Meanings
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One who or that which cradles.
[…] this practice offers infants the soothing sounds of the cradler's heartbeat […]
2012, Albert C. Cafagna, Richard T. Peterson, Craig A. Staudenbaur, Philosophy, Children, and the Family, page 90:For use in a nursery for cradling a baby to sleep, a baby cradler comprising, in combination, a stand embodying a mobile base, uprights attached to and rising perpendicularly from the base and having axially aligned bearings, […]
1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| cradlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |