Associations to the word «Breeder»

Wiktionary

BREEDER, noun. A person who breeds plants or animals professionally.
BREEDER, noun. (gay slang) (derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.
BREEDER, noun. A type of nuclear reactor that creates material suitable for the production of atomic weapons. (See Wikipedia's article on fast breeder reactors.)
BREEDER, noun. (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.
BREEDER, noun. (cellular automata) 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.

Dictionary definition

BREEDER, noun. A person who breeds animals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats