mecedor

From the verb mecer (“rock, cradle”) + suffix -dor (forms agent nouns from verbs and adjectives). Compare the formation of English rocker, from verb rock and agent-noun suffix -er.

mecedor (feminine mecedora, masculine plural mecedores, feminine plural mecedoras)

1. rocking (that rocks, swings)

mecedor m (plural mecedores)

1. rocking chair

   Synonym: mecedora

• “mecedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16