Bottlefeeder

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who feeds an infant or baby animal with a bottle.

    "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, […]"

Example

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"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, […]"

Etymology

From bottle + feeder.

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