Breeder
['briːdə] or ['bridɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
(n.) A cause.
Edited by Jeremy
Examples
- I've been a sheep-farmer, stock-breeder, other trades besides, away in the new world, said he; many a thousand mile of stormy water off from this. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Baker's boy is the famine-breeder of the ship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Not one man in a thousand has accuracy of eye and judgment sufficient to become an eminent breeder. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- An animal thus characterized has been slaughtered, but the breeder has gone with confidence to the same stock and has succeeded. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Several articles from them detailing the success of the experiments for the past season have appeared in the columns of _The Breeder’s Gazette_ of this city. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And here, Glaucon, I should like to ask (as I know that you are a breeder of birds and animals), Do you not take the greatest care in the mating? Plato. The Republic.
- He saw that pigeon-fanciers and stock-breeders deve lop certain types by preserving those variations that have the desired characteristics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These worthies suffer in the flesh and do penance all their lives, I suppose, but they look like consummate famine-breeders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Breeders believe that long limbs are almost always accompanied by an elongated head. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is certain that several of our eminent breeders have, even within a single lifetime, modified to a large extent their breeds of cattle and sheep. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Breeders of cattle wish the flesh and fat to be well marbled together. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Breeders habitually speak of an animal's organisation as something plastic, which they can model almost as they please. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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