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
His instinct, emotion, affectiveness—or whatever it may be called—urged him to stand forward, seize upon Elfride, and be her cherisher and protector through life.
From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy
But he hopes, for long service's sake, to be taken into the employ of the railway; he at least is no cherisher of quaintness and has no romantic perversity.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
The letter bha implies both the cherisher and supporter; the letter ga the leader, mover and creator.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
