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chestfeeder

chestfeeder noun: a nursing father, one who chestfeeds (suckles a baby).

Noun

chestfeeder (plural chestfeeders)

  1. A nursing father, one who chestfeeds (suckles a baby).
    • Breast milk is the optimal food for infants, with myriad health benefits for the chestfeeder/breastfeeder and for the child being fed.2024 February 28, Frank J. Domino, The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2025, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN

Forms of chestfeeder

pluralchestfeeders

Origin of chestfeeder

Blend of chest + breastfeeder.

Questions about chestfeeder

What does chestfeeder mean?
Chestfeeder means a nursing father, one who chestfeeds (suckles a baby).
What part of speech is chestfeeder?
Chestfeeder is a noun.
What is the plural of chestfeeder?
The plural of chestfeeder is chestfeeders.

Words near chestfeeder in the dictionary

  1. Chestertonians
  2. Chestertons
  3. Chestertown
  4. chestfed
  5. chestfeed
  6. chestfeeder
  7. chestfeeders
  8. chestfeeding
  9. chestfeeds
  10. Chestfield
  11. chestful

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