Cradler

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).
  2. 2
    One who or that which cradles.

    "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, […]"

Example

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"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, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cradle (noun) + -er.

Etymology 2

From cradle (verb) + -er.

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