1.  fondler(n = noun.person) petter - a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one; "they are heavy petters"
is a kind of lover

2.  fondler(n = noun.person) - a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim; "the woman charged that her jailer was a fondler"; "not all fondlers are sexual perverts"
is a kind of molester

   One who fondles. Johnson. [1913 Webster]