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cradler

cradler noun: an agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).

Noun (1)

cradler (plural cradlers)

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

Noun (2)

cradler (plural cradlers)

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

Forms of cradler

pluralcradlers

Origin of cradler

From cradle (noun) + -er.

From cradle (verb) + -er.

Questions about cradler

What does cradler mean?
Cradler means an agricultural worker who uses a cradle (a kind of broad scythe).
What part of speech is cradler?
Cradler is a noun.
What is the plural of cradler?
The plural of cradler is cradlers.

Words near cradler in the dictionary

  1. cradlemaking
  2. cradleman
  3. cradlemate
  4. cradlemates
  5. cradlemen
  6. cradler
  7. cradlers
  8. cradles
  9. cradlesful
  10. cradleside
  11. cradlesome

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