1. a person who shows excessive fondness or affection, especially toward someone in their family

Examples

• As a doter on his grandchildren, he spoiled them with gifts every visit.
• She was known as a doter who couldn’t say no to her pets.
• The elderly doter spent hours telling stories about his late wife.
• He became quite a doter in his old age, constantly praising his daughter’s achievements.
• The grandmother was such a doter that she kept every drawing her grandkids made.
• Friends teased him for being a doter who talked endlessly about his new puppy.