Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

    Züchter, Züchterin, Pflanzenzüchter

    селекционе́рselekcionér

    a person who breeds animals

  2. 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.

  3. (derogatory, slang)A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focused on the rearing of their own children.

    производи́тельproizvodítelʹ

  4. (derogatory, humorous)A heterosexual person; one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding; straggot.

    Since the breeders started coming here, you can never tell who likes cock.

    Hete

  5. A 40-gallon fish tank, sometimes used to breed fish that is low in height and wide in length, typically measuring 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 16 inches high, making it and shallower than a typical 40-gallon aquarium.

Examples

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  1. You're a dog breeder, aren't you?

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  2. Tom used to be a dog breeder.

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  3. Tom is a dog breeder.

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  4. I know Tom is a dog breeder, so maybe we can get a dog from him.

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  5. I know that Tom is a dog breeder, so maybe we can get a dog from him.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
(professional) plant or animal breeder:
slang, derogatory: person focussed on the rearing of their children:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(professional) plant or animal breeder:
heterosexual:

Origin

From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch bro

From breed + -er. Cognate with West Frisian brieder (“one who breeds, breeder”), Dutch broeier (“brooder, vagrant”).

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