Fodderer

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person whose job is to give hay, straw or other feed to livestock kept on a farm
2. Someone who supplies coarse food to animals, especially cattle or horses, in a stable or on a farm
3. One who feeds farm animals by providing them with coarse forage and other bulk provisions

Etymology: "Fodderer" is simply "fodder" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, a combination that produces a person who supplies fodder. "Fodder" itself is an older English word for animal feed, particularly hay, straw and similar food stored for livestock during the winter, and the suffix "-er" marks someone who performs the action or occupation linked to the base word. So a fodderer is one whose job is feeding animals with such provender.