cherish
verb (used with object)
to hold or treat as dear; feel love for.
cherisher
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a word derived from
cherish.
Example Sentences
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Claiborne is a cherisher of food, a distinguished feeder who is himself a renowned cook, and since 1957 he has conferred distinction on the New York Times as its food editor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Is he too much a cherisher of clever conceits?
From Time Magazine Archive
“He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and blood.”
From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Major John Richardson
Why court consuming sorrow to my bosom, Which, like the nurs'ling pelican, drinks the blood Of its fond cherisher?
From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by George Colman
The impression was of value to a cherisher of quaintness, and he must have wondered—not knowing me for such a character—why I stared at him.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
