breeder
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| 1. | a person who breeds plants or animals |
| 2. | something that reproduces, esp to excess: rabbits are persistent breeders |
| 3. | an animal kept for breeding purposes |
| 4. | a source or cause: a breeder of discontent |
| 5. | short for breeder reactor |
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Breeder
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
breeder
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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Rare breeder and spring migrant, and uncommon fall migrant, on coastal plain.
Carter spent billions researching if breeder reactor technology was feasible.
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder.
Nowhere else has such contiguity been anything but the breeder of misery.
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