Definition of "nourisher" []

• One who, or that which, nourishes. (noun)

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• "Before my eyes that "nourisher" lay outspread, a nourisher overlaid with dry and fragrant herbage."
• "So called either from Ham, the son of Noah; or, the "nourisher," as the word means. their kings -- the kings of the nations in league with Egypt."
• "'Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care The death of each day\'s life, sore labour\'s bath Balm of hurt minds, great nature\'s second course, Chief nourisher in life\'s feast."