English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�d�(r)|-i�d�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- A person who breeds plants or animals professionally
- (gay slang; derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding
- A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on w:fast breeder|fast breeder reactors.)
- context|slang|derogatory a person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children
#:Quotations:
#:*1729:"The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom; but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders." — w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift s:A Modest Proposal|A Modest Proposal
#:Usage note: This meaning is generally either an ironic usage (as in the Swift quotation) or an intentionally offensive usage (by implying that parenthood is the same as animal husbandry).
Translations
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Finnish: kasvattaja (1)
Japanese: ��� (�����) (1, only animals)
Vietnamese: ngư�i ch�n nuôi (1)
German: Züchter (1); Brüter, Brutreaktor (3)
Portuguese: criador (1); reprodutor (4)
Related terms
breed
breeder reactor
brood
brooding
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