cuddler

Noun

cuddler (plural cuddlers)

1. Someone or something cuddly, who cuddles.
   • Zoe was a cuddler. Annie swore she had been a cuddler in the womb, so continued...1993, Barbara Delinsky, More Than Friends, page 60
2. (US) Someone who volunteers or works in a hospital by caring for babies (by showing human touch, giving cuddles etc.)
   • At the Children's Hospital, an active cuddler's program was developed to provide stimulation for infants whose parents found it difficult to visit on a regualar basis. Cuddlers are recruited from within the hospital and the local community.1995, David Walter Adams, Eleanor J. Deveau, Beyond the Innocence of Childhood
   • A volunteer program at St. Vincent Children's Hospital is aimed at taking care of the littlest patients. Nancy Franciscy is one of 15 cuddlers at St. Vincent. The cuddlers are volunteers in the neonatal intensive care unit. The program began in the fall.2007 April, People, places and things, ABC News