单词 | nurturer |
释义 | nurturern. A person who nurtures someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up nurshera1382 rearera1382 nurrya1387 nutrix?a1475 bringer up1529 nurturer1542 breedera1568 upbringerc1598 raiser-up1879 primary caretaker1914 motherer1974 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 182v Alexander..had many paedagogues, nourturers and schoolemaisters, emong whom the chief preemine[n]ce had Leonides. 1796 Hist. Ned Evans II. 253 Mrs. Waldron could not behold the nurturers of her grandson without the tenderest emotions. 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 491 These are under the conduct of the great Nurturer. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 54 Subjects who in other States are termed slaves, are by us termed nurturers and paymasters. 1899 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 28 245 The Greek cultus of the nymphs and the belief that rivers and springs are Kourotrophoi, or nurturers of youth. 1939 Philos. Rev. 48 132 What are the factors involved in the formation and mutations of systems of social culture regarded as the domestic shelters and nurturers of values? 1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) iv. v. 306 I felt a rush of pride, discovering in that instant the exultation of the creator, the nurturer, the husband-man with the prize pumpkin. 2002 Independent (Electronic ed.) 28 Jan. They [sc. nannies] have taken the brave step of becoming the key nurturer in the child's life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542 |
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