Learn English – single word for “one who feeds”

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I am translating several titles of paintings from Ukrainian into English for an upcoming exhibition/publication. Is there a single English word that means "the one who feeds"? The original word in Ukrainian is feminine gender noun describing anything from fertile nature to a wet nurse, i.e. the one that provides food.

Best Answer

'Nourisher' might fit. It comes close to the Ukrainian meaning, though I assume it is an uncommon word because I was unaware of it until just now, and my browser's dictionary does not know it.

Nourish (verb with object)

  1. Provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby; (figurative) spiritual resources which nourished her in her darkest hours

1.1 Enhance the fertility of (soil): a clay base nourished with plant detritus

  1. Keep (a feeling or belief) in one’s mind, typically for a long time: he has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway

Derivatives

nourisher (noun)

Source: oxforddictionaries.com

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