Nurturer

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who nurtures someone or something.

    "Right then a ball is thwacked into Ari’s window leaving a spider web of cracks. Then the nurturer of grassroots street cricket runs out into the street, screaming, and confiscates the ball."

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"Right then a ball is thwacked into Ari’s window leaving a spider web of cracks. Then the nurturer of grassroots street cricket runs out into the street, screaming, and confiscates the ball."

Etymology

From nurture + -er.

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