cradler

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noun

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

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Meanings

cradler1

nouncradler (plural cradlers)

plural cradlers

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

cradler2

nouncradler (plural cradlers)

plural cradlers

  1. One who or that which cradles.

    […] 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
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    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

Origin

cradler · noun

From cradle (noun) + -er.

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cradler · noun

From cradle (verb) + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

cradler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradler

MLA

“cradler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cradler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradler.

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