brooder
A person who broods.
Noun
- A person who broods.
- A heated box used for chicks or premature babies.
- [E]verybody worked hard to get the chicks safely into the brooders. - 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 93:
Origin
Etymology tree English brood Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English brooder From brood + -er.