[f. CHERISH v. + -ER1.] One who or that which cherishes.

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1430.  Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. xvii. Apollo … Cherisher of fruite, herbe, floure, and corne.

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1601.  Shaks., All’s Well, I. iii. 50. He that comforts my wife, is the cherisher of my flesh and blood.

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1647.  Clarendon, Hist. Reb. (1703), II. VII. 270. He was a great Cherisher of Wit, and Fancy, and good Parts, in any Man.

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1871.  Smiles, Charac., xi. (1876), 299. Woman is the natural cherisher of infancy.

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