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Definition of Breeder
1. Noun. A person who breeds animals.
Generic synonyms: Stock Farmer, Stock Raiser, Stockman
Derivative terms: Breed
Definition of Breeder
1. n. One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
Definition of Breeder
1. Noun. A person who breeds plants or animals professionally. ¹
2. Noun. (gay slang derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding. ¹
3. Noun. A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on fast breeder reactors.) ¹
4. Noun. (slang derogatory) a person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children. ¹
5. Noun. (context: cellular automata) A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breeder
1. one that breeds [n -S] - See also: breeds
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breeder
Literary usage of Breeder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"THE breeder CORN PLOT UPON SMOCK LAND. The block of land required was sixty-four by
... Only alternate hills were planted first in the breeder rows and the ..."
2. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... of the struggle for life in any direction—The breeder, and nature, can act
only on what is already there—The breeder deals in identity, not difference, ..."
3. Breeding Crop Plants by Herbert Kendall Hayes, Ralph John Garber (1921)
"CORN IMPROVEMENT BY THE TRAINED PLANT breeder A uniform technic has been developed
for ... For the technical breeder, however, the application of Mendelian ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1855)
"SHEEP. CLASS XXL— LEICESTERS. For the best pen of three Fat Wethers, not exceeding
twenty- two months old. First prise, £10, and Silver Medal as breeder ..."
5. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"The breeder's requirements. The duties of the brood sow are much more complex
than those of the finished barrow ready for market. First, and most important, ..."
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