breeder
pronunciation
How to pronounce breeder in British English:
UK [ˈbri:də(r)]
How to pronounce breeder in American English:
US [ˈbridɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who breeds animals
Word Origin
- breeder (n.)
- 1570s, "one who produces or originates," agent noun from breed (v.). Meaning "one who breeds cattle" or some other animal is recorded from 1530s. Of nuclear reactors, from 1948. As a scornful homosexual term for "heterosexual person," attested from 1986.
Example
- 1. To answer these questions , the breeder reasons backwards .
- 2. You said she 's a breeder .
- 3. In may , a spanish breeder produced the first cloned bull created for bullfighting .
- 4. The discharging sow syndrome and ascending urinary tract infection in breeder units are often an ongoing problem .
- 5. The previous african winner was plant breeder monty jones of sierra leone who , with chinese colleague yuan longping , was honored in 2004 for work on high-yielding rice varieties .