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  • noun A person who nurtures.

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Examples

  • That way one partner can stay home (perhaps in a sign of the times, the only writer of the fifty-three who describes currently living as a full-time nurturer is a man: Rob Jackson, in "My Life as a Housewife").

    A Gloom of One's Own 2004

  • That way one partner can stay home (perhaps in a sign of the times, the only writer of the fifty-three who describes currently living as a full-time nurturer is a man: Rob Jackson, in "My Life as a Housewife").

    A Gloom of One's Own 2004

  • That way one partner can stay home (perhaps in a sign of the times, the only writer of the fifty-three who describes currently living as a full-time nurturer is a man: Rob Jackson, in "My Life as a Housewife").

    A Gloom of One's Own 2004

  • Tuesday's Recommended Release New Jersey has never been known as a nurturer for local music scenes.

    Artrocker - 2009

  • Tuesday's Recommended Release New Jersey has never been known as a nurturer for local music scenes.

    Artrocker - 2009

  • Tuesday's Recommended Release New Jersey has never been known as a nurturer for local music scenes.

    Artrocker - 2009

  • Tuesday's Recommended Release New Jersey has never been known as a nurturer for local music scenes.

    Artrocker - 2009

  • But I knew that as the only woman in the room--and in fact, the only woman on that leadership team--I would drastically lessen my stature to be seen as the "nurturer" while everyone else was playing sadist.

    Kindness At The Office Davia Temin 2010

  • But because of the hostile presence of Mars and Uranus in our solar 12th house, we're the kind of nurturer that can bomb the hell out of a country one day and send over sandwiches and coffee the next.

    Special Alert: Horoscope U.S.A. Lutin, Michael 2006

  • But because of the hostile presence of Mars and Uranus in our solar 12th house, we're the kind of nurturer that can bomb the hell out of a country one day and send over sandwiches and coffee the next.

    Special Alert: Horoscope U.S.A. Lutin, Michael 2006

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