nurturer

[nur-cher-er]

noun

1. someone who nurtures others, offering food, protection, support, encouragement, or training.

   As a child grows, the parent ceases to be solely a disciplinarian and a nurturer, instead taking on a new role as mentor and guide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nurturer¹

nurture + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

What Deborah and Ava have, meanwhile, amounts to some sinister blend of nurturer and evil helper, like a boss who slowly introduces poison into his team’s morning coffee, hoping they’ll build an immunity to it.

From Salon

This close call switches our corrosive helper into a nurturer.

From Salon

“He moves through the world like a cool jazz man, but is also generous and a nurturer,” Nottage told the Times in 2021.

From Seattle Times

One of the problems with the way pregnancy is written into TV and films is that you're not actually an instant superhero, an instant nurturer and defender of the young — or an instant rebel.

From Salon

“I’m a nurturer. I wanted to make sure that I was trying to help them dance out of a sense of joy, a sense of positive growth — that I didn’t want to make them grow out of a sense of fear.”

From New York Times