Definitions for breeder

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breeder breed·er

Spelling: [bree-der]

IPA: /ˈbri dər/

Breeder is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in breeder (bdeeerr).

Definitions for breeder

noun

1. an animal, plant, or person that produces offspring or reproduces.
2. a person who raises animals or plants primarily for breeding purposes.
3. Also called breeder reactor. Energy. a nuclear reactor in which more fissile material is produced than is consumed.
4. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used by gays to refer to a heterosexual.
5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used especially by child-free people to refer to a biological parent.

Origin of breeder

First recorded in 1525-35; breed + -er¹

Examples for breeder

Slinking is one of the greatest pests to which a breeder is subjected.

The breeder in this case does not produce the elements of the variation.

Every breeder throughout the world had known it for centuries.

I have also been assured by a breeder that this is the case.

Get thee to a nunnery: Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

So you wish me to set up as a breeder of young horses, do you, Socrates?

Improvement is after all the keynote to the breeder's operations.

It would be nice to feel—as he put it the other day—that he had “a breeder” among his grandchildren.

This becomes a source of great annoyance and loss to the breeder.

Great care, therefore, must be taken by the breeder when his calves are weaned.