breeder

Meaning

1. A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
2. Ellipsis of breeder reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.
3. 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.
4. (slang) A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
5. (slang) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.

Synonyms

grower

stock breeder

stockman

charr

char

coaster

cod-fish

codling

duffy

educationalist

farmer

🧑‍🌾

foster-nurse

grazier

hen

🐔

loader

pea

propagator

raiser

rancher

schoolman

straight

Arctic char

ranchman

het

Arctic charr

Newfoundland fish

alpine char

aurora trout

bacaleau

baccalao

baccale

baccalo

baiser

bank fish

berry fish

blackberry fish

brook charr

brookie

bull dog

codd

codde

common brook trout

eastern brook trout

fall fish

foxy tom-cod

Atlantic cod

bacalao

bank cod

brook char

eastern speckled trout

lake char

grog fish

haberdine

harbour tom-cod

humpbacked trout

inshore cod

kil’din cod

logy fish

lord-fish

mother fish

mountain trout

mud trout

native trout

northern cod

old soaker

red-cod

tally fish

tom-cod

trap cod

agriculturist

trap fish

bastard

brook trout

cattleman

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹiːdɚ/

Etymology

From breed + -er.