Noun

(en noun)

Someone who cherishes something

*{{quote-book, year=1797, author=Charles and Mary Lamb, title=The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV, chapter=Written on the Day of my Aunt's Funeral, edition= citation

, passage=She was to me the 'cherisher of infancy.' }}

*{{quote-book, year=1891, author=Henry Morley, title=The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3, chapter=Footnote 3, edition= citation

, passage=Sir Robert Drury was so cordial a friend that he gave to Donne and his wife a lodging rent free in his own large house in Drury Lane, 'and was also,' says Isaac Walton, 'a cherisher of his studies, and such a friend as sympathized 'with him and his, in all their joys and sorrows.' }}