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breeder
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breeder, n.
- One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc. [1913 Webster]"She was a great breeder." [1913 Webster]"Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men." [1913 Webster]
- A cause. Shak. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
breeder
atomic pile, breaker, breeder reactor, bricks, broncobuster, buckaroo, cattleman, chain reactor, chain-reacting pile, cow keeper, cowman, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, farrier, fast pile, furnace, grazier, groom, heterogeneous reactor, homogeneous reactor, horseshoer, hostler, intermediate pile, lattice, neutron factory, nuclear furnace, pile, plutonium reactor, power reactor, power-breeder reactor, radioactive waste, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, reactor, reactor pile, rods, sheepman, slow pile, stableboy, stableman, stellarator, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, tamer, trainer, uranium reactorROGET THESAURUS
breeder
Husbandry
N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.For further exploring for "breeder" in Webster Dictionary Online