cherisher
cherisher noun: someone who cherishes something.
Noun
cherisher (plural cherishers)
- Someone who cherishes something
- She was to me the 'cherisher of infancy.'1797, Charles and Mary Lamb, “Written on the Day of my Aunt's Funeral”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV
- Sir Robert Drury was so cordial a friend that he gave to Donne and his wife a lodging rent free in his own large house in Drury Lane, 'and was also,' says Isaac Walton, 'a cherisher of his studies, and such a friend as sympathized 'with him and his, in all their joys and sorrows.'1891, Henry Morley, “Footnote 3”, in The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3
cherisher meaning in Urdu
cherisher in Urdu
- cherisher
- پروردگار parvardigār
Forms of cherisher
| plural | cherishers |
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Origin of cherisher
From cherish + -er.
Questions about cherisher
- What does cherisher mean?
- Cherisher means someone who cherishes something.
- What is cherisher in Urdu?
- Cherisher in Urdu is پروردگار (parvardigār). See Cherisher meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is cherisher?
- Cherisher is a noun.
- What is the plural of cherisher?
- The plural of cherisher is cherishers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cherisher (page history and authors); پروردگار (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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