cradler

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English

Etymology 1

From cradle (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

cradler (plural cradlers)

  1. An agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).

Etymology 2

From cradle (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

cradler (plural cradlers)

  1. One who or that which cradles.
    • 1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261:
      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, []
    • 2012, Albert C. Cafagna, Richard T. Peterson, Craig A. Staudenbaur, Philosophy, Children, and the Family, page 90:
      [] this practice offers infants the soothing sounds of the cradler's heartbeat []