cradler

English

Etymology 1

From cradle (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

cradler (plural cradlers)

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

Etymology 2

From cradle (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

cradler (plural cradlers)

1. One who or that which cradles.
   • 1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261:

     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, […]

   • 2012, Albert C. Cafagna, Richard T. Peterson, Craig A. Staudenbaur, Philosophy, Children, and the Family, page 90:

     […] this practice offers infants the soothing sounds of the cradler's heartbeat […]