Crossword clues for breeder
breeder
- Stud farm proprietor
- Stud farm owner, e.g
- Straight person, in gay slang
- Red beer (anag)
- Reactor type
- Puppy-raising person
- Poultry raiser
- Person raising and selling dogs
- Offspring producer
- Kennel owner, often
- Keeper of kennels
- Dog show attendee
- Certain matchmaker
- Cattleman, e.g
- Arabian matchmaker
- AKC VIP
- Person who raises and sells pups
- One with a stake in 48-Across, say
- Owner of a stud farm
- Rancher, typically
- Cattleman, e.g.
- Strain improver
- Animal that has offspring
- One with a stake in 48-Ac
- One producing offspring
- Puppy supplier
- Nuclear reactor
- Stud farm owner
- Poultry man
- Horse raiser
- Stud farm operator
- American Kennel Club member, perhaps
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breeder \Breed"er\, n.
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One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
She was a great breeder.
--Dr. A. Carlyle.Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men.
--Ascham. A cause. ``The breeder of my sorrow.''
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who breeds plants or animals professionally. 2 (context gay slang derogatory English) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding. 3 A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fast%20breeders.) 4 (context slang derogatory English) 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 (context cellular automata English) 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.
WordNet
n. a person who breeds animals [syn: stock breeder]
Wikipedia
A breeder is a person who selectively breeds carefully selected mates, normally of the same breed to sexually reproduce offspring with specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics. This might be as a farmer, agriculturalist, or hobbyist, and can be practiced on a large or small scale, for food, fun, or profit.
In agriculture and in the hobby of animal fancy, a breeder is an individual animal used for selective breeding. Usually a breeder is a purebred animal bred with the intent of producing purebred or even show-quality animals. However, in some cases, a breeding animal is crossbred with another breed or a mixed breed with the intent of combining aspects of two or more different breeds.
Breeder was a progressive house production and DJ duo consisting of Simon Noble and Rowan Blades. They have performed remix work for Robert Miles, Orbital, and others. They have also released such popular singles as "Tyrantanic".
In cellular automata such as Conway's Game of Life, a breeder is 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.
Breeder is a derogatory term for people who have children, particularly for parents who purportedly overfocus on their children and allegedly abandon their previous friends and lifestyle; or to women who give birth to many children, often with the derisive implication that they have too many offspring. The term is also used by antinatalists to pejoratively refer to anyone who has procreated, an act which they consider immoral. The phrases "breeder, not parent" (BNP) or "parent, not breeder" (PNB) are used by some childfree individuals to differentiate between what they regard as positive and negative parenting.
The use of "breeder" in this way is not new. It appears, for example, in Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, widely acknowledged as the preeminent English satirical essay, in which Swift repeatedly uses the term.
Some parents resent being referred to as "breeders", and feel that the word unduly reduces the process of child-raising to animal husbandry.
The term was part of a 2006 controversy in the heavily gay resort town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, when petitioners against same-sex marriage whose identity was published complained of having been called "breeders." The San Francisco Chronicle described the term as "a joking or derogatory slur used by gays to describe heterosexuals."
Breeder should not be confused with the term cisgender that relates to sexual and gender identity, whereas breeder indicates an identity that is usually heterosexual in nature and associated with having children. While using the term breeder as a descriptive term is not new (see John Swift’s description of pregnant women as breeders in "A Modest Proposal") the term has increased in use within the last decade mainly due its acceptance by pop culture and specifically youth pop culture. Some heterosexuals have said that the term breeder is offensive to straight people and associated it with heterophobia or degrading heterosexual lifestyles. However, heterosexuals who do not have children can also be referred to as breeders, simply because they are heterosexual.
The term "breeder" has also been used to describe lesbian parents that partake in reproduction, an act that can be described as perpetuating homonormativity. The idea of gay parenting has led some to say that the line between "breeders" and otherwise is less clear, with the idea of LGBT families beginning to "breed." The term's connotation is a point of contention within the LGBT community. The expansion of the term to include parents within the community has created a divide on its meaning. There has been debate over its acceptability, inside and outside of LGBT circles, and whether it is a slur.
Breeder may refer to:
- Breeder, a person who practices the vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same breed
- Breeder (animal), an individual animal used for selective breeding
- Breeder reactor, a type of fast neutron reactor that produces more fissile material than it consumes
- Breeder (slang), a pejorative term used against heterosexuals, especially those who have lots of children
- Breeder (cellular automaton), a pattern in a cellular automaton which grows quadratically
- Breeder (producers), a dance music production duo from the UK
Breeders may also refer to:
- The Breeders, an American rock band
- Breeders' Cup, an annual series of thoroughbred horse races
- Breeders (film), an American science-fiction horror film
Usage examples of "breeder".
The breeders were most astute in maintaining their monopoly of the fabulous and fabulously expensive animals, for they sold but few and then only geldings.
In order that the breeder pile continue to operate it was imperative that each atom split by a neutron from the beryllium target should cause the splitting of many more.
It is certain that several of our eminent breeders have, even within a single lifetime, modified to a large extent some breeds of cattle and sheep.
While no pyrogenic species are to be found in the British Isles, despite many attempts on the part of our breeders to induce this most valuable trait, so deadly to our shipping in the persons of the French Flamme-de-Gloire and the Spanish Flecha-del-Fuego, the native Sharpspitter breed is notable for producing a venom to incapacitate its prey.
He had been querying breeders about their stocks - he did not want to buy Africans by accident.
Meetings of confreries, as possible breeders of trouble, and all public assemblies except for attendance at church were forbidden.
I talked fast, knowing that that and my flatlander accent would make me incomprehensible to any breeder who might be listening.
He bought a huge chunk of Petit Jean Mountain, about fifty miles west of Little Rock, became a successful breeder of Santa Gertrudis cattle, and married his second wife, Jeannette.
Brennan is a breeder and trainer of Lipizzan horses who lives near Tucson, Arizona.
At night, gliding down the golden moonpath, the breeder stopped trying to understand and let the clairvoyance of his feelings displace his wondering.
Though Ennadon claimed it was from his home stables, Patwin and the others knew the truth, and told Richius that Ennadon had purchased the gelding with his own gold from a horse breeder he knew.
I draw deep on the tube and the Sikkimese dope sets up a breeder reaction in my brain.
The slums are C3 breeders, and verminous into the bargain, and anything we can do to abate this nuisance, I, for one, should be happy to do.
No matter where Abbie went, she was there: in the stands, on the showgrounds, or at the elaborately decorated stalls of the major horse breeders.
Song of Change had been sung, the newly graduated Breeders had been congratulated by the parents, children, Protectors, and Nurturers, and the herd had split back up into individual family groups for perhaps their last private time together before the Breeders struck off on their own.