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Webster 1913 Edition
Breeder
Breed′er
,Noun.
1.
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.
2.
A cause.
“The breeder of my sorrow.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Breeder
BREE'DER
,Noun.
1.
The person who educates or brings up; that which brings up.Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men.
2.
That which produces.Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.
3.
One who raises a breed; one who takes care to raise a particular breed, or breeds, as of horses or cattle.