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breed·er

(brē′dər)

1. A person who breeds animals or plants.

2. An animal kept to produce offspring.

3. Offensive Slang A heterosexual person.

4. A source or cause: social injustice—a breeder of revolutions.

5. A breeder reactor.

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breeder

(ˈbriːdə)

1. (Professions) a person who breeds plants or animals

2. something that reproduces, esp to excess: rabbits are persistent breeders.

3. (Agriculture) an animal kept for breeding purposes

4. a source or cause: a breeder of discontent.

5. (Nuclear Physics) short for breeder reactor

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

breed•er

(ˈbri dər)

n.

1. an animal, plant, or person that reproduces.

2. a person who raises animals or plants primarily for breeding purposes.

3. Also called breed′er reac`tor. a nuclear reactor in which more fissile material is produced than is consumed.

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Noun

breeder - a person who breeds animals

stock breeder

stock farmer, stock raiser, stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock

Translations

éleveur

allevatore

breeder

[ˈbriːdəʳ] N

1. (= person) → criador(a) m/f

2. (= animal) → reproductor(a) m/f

3. (Phys) (also breeder reactor) → reactor m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

breeder

[ˈbriːdə^r]

n (= person) → éleveur m

breeder reactorbreeder reactor n → surgénérateur m

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breeder

(= person) → Züchter(in) m(f)

(Phys: also breeder reactor) → Brutreaktor m, → Brüter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

breeder

[ˈbriːdəʳ] n

a. (person) → allevatore/trice

b. (Phys) (also breeder reactor) → reattore m autofertilizzante

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"Run up to Topeka and see Baker--he's the sales manager of the Holstein Breeders' Association.

He would never know how sure a breeder was his new bull--the son of that fine creature he had imported; two cows he had spotted as not paying their board could go on for months eating good alfalfa and bran before a new herdsman might become convinced of their unreadiness to turn the expensive feed into white gold; he had not written down the dates when the sows were to farrow, and they might have litters somewhere around the strawstack and crush half the little pigs.

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He is annihilating the crooked streets and building in their stead noble boulevards as straight as an arrow--avenues which a cannon ball could traverse from end to end without meeting an obstruction more irresistible than the flesh and bones of men--boulevards whose stately edifices will never afford refuges and plotting places for starving, discontented revolution breeders. Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery.

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It will now be his valued privilege to represent an absent rector in a country living; remote from cities, secluded in pastoral solitude, among simple breeders of sheep.

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Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an elongated head.

No breeder doubts how strong is the tendency to inheritance: like produces like is his fundamental belief: doubts have been thrown on this principle by theoretical writers alone.

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His entry into the ranks of the agriculturists and breeders was a step in the young man's career which had been anticipated neither by himself nor by others.

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His majesty, by accepting the gift of these six incomparable horses, would stimulate the pride of his own breeders, of Limousin, Perche, and Normandy, and this emulation would have been beneficial to all.

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Frou-Frou was a beast of medium size, not altogether free from reproach, from a breeder's point of view.

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He hoped to find some new method of making a living and aspired to become a professional breeder of ferrets.

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(The Philippine Star) - August 30, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Seventy gamefowl breeders vie in the grand finals today of the Luzon Breeders Cup 9-Stag Derby at Pasay City Cockpit.

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Johnstown, OH, July 08, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Premierpups.com, a trusted online service that helps dog enthusiasts find their ideal puppies, decided to reveal valuable insights about their network of breeders and steps they follow to ensure all their puppies are healthy and happy.