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单词 breeder
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breedern.

Brit. /ˈbriːdə/, U.S. /ˈbridər/
Etymology: < breed v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. That which breeds or produces offspring.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > procreator, parent, or origin
motherOE
stallionc1305
childbearera1382
getterc1390
begetter1440
procreator1548
propagator1585
procreatrix1593
breeder1594
procreatress1597
pregnatress1651
multiplier1660
parent1670
propagatrix1803
baby-maker1968
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 68 Amongst the fairefast breeders of our clime. View more context for this quotation
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 136 Not good to chuse a crowing hen, for they are neither good breeders nor good layers.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. i. 42 You loue the Breeder better then the Male. View more context for this quotation
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 3 Hunge tuppes are..to bee kept for breeders.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon The Pigeon called the Leghorn is..an excellent Breeder.
1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 5 There may be about two hundred thousand Couple whose Wives are Breeders.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iii. 64 The elephant is reckoned to be the slowest breeder of all known animals.
b. That which produces or originates; the author, source, or cause.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces
gendererc1384
bearera1387
bringerc1386
engendererc1390
producera1513
forthbringer1546
breeder1572
productor1584
productrice1585
spawner16..
brancher1610
procreanta1616
producent1622
productrix1630
generant1635
generator1637
productive1642
procurator1647
pregnatress1651
generatrix1657
yielder1733
productress1751
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 5 Breders, norishers, & comforters of all lyuyng thynges.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C2v Neither the breeders nor fauorites of discord.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 9 That evil should alwayes flow from evil in a chain of breeders.
c. A plant used for propagation.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip > for grafting
imp1377
graffa1398
talionc1440
graft1483
slip1495
set1513
wedge?1523
scutcheon1572
shield1572
truncheon1572
breeder1601
scion1612
escutcheon1658
slit-graft1706
graffshoot1860
shield-bud1891
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 531 As for another [shoot], springing from a yeare-old branch, it is left alwaies for a breeder.
d. A gardeners' name for an immature, self-coloured, seedling tulip.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip
lily narcissus1578
tulip1578
Turk's cap1597
breeder1660
fool's coat1669
morilliona1678
edger1688
eger1706
chequered tulip1759
parrot tulip?1786
verport1798
Rembrandt1829
bybloemen1843
wild tulip1861
Darwin tulip1889
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 27 Tulips without blackish bottome are noe good breeders of various coloured flowers.
1846 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Compan. Flower Garden 303 Breeders..are seedling Tulips before they have shown any variety of colour.
2.
a. One who breeds cattle or other animals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer
breeder1531
stock-farmer1769
Boer1776
stock-breeder1815
stockholder1819
veeboer1824
ranchero1825
rancher1836
ranchman1854
stockman1856
pastoral1876
stock-keeper1912
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle
beastman1311
breeder1531
cowman1593
rearer1611
bull-ward1614
cowgirl1753
ranchero1825
cattle-breeder1827
rancher1836
estanciero1845
ranchman1854
cattle king1874
beef-grower1880
cow-man1924
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. Ei Virgile leaueth farre behynde hym all breders, hakney men, and skosers.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII i Euery owner, grasier, fermour, breder, drouer, and brogger of this realme.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4342/3 [To] bring a Certificate from the Breeder, of his Mare's Age.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 18 He was a breeder of cattle.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 455 I would also advise every breeder..to select thirty or forty of his best ewes.
figurative.1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 12 Let Lent well kept, offend not thee, for March and Aprill breeders bee.
b. A grower or producer. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun]
tiliec1000
acremanOE
husbanda1300
husbandmanc1384
farmer1528
breeder1547
farmeress1595
colona1640
agricole1656
georgic1703
agricultor1766
Farmer Giles1770
agriculturer1776
agriculturalist1788
culturist1814
fazendeiro1825
bartoner1832
agriculturist1849
culturalist1866
farmerette1901
dry-land farmer1914
drylander1921
Eurofarmer1957
multiplier1969
pick-your-owner1969
1547 Act 1 Edw. VI i. Pream. The said Breeders of the said Wools.
3. One who brings up; a trainer, instructor. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up
nurshera1382
rearera1382
nurrya1387
nutrix?a1475
bringer up1529
nurturer1542
breedera1568
upbringerc1598
raiser-up1879
primary caretaker1914
motherer1974
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 23 Tyme was, whan Italie and Rome, haue bene..the best breeders and bringers vp, of the worthiest men.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxi. 296 Of World-admired Drake..And his braue Breeder Hawkins.
4. Nuclear Engineering. In full breeder reactor, breeder pile: an apparatus that can create more fissile material than it consumes in the chain reaction.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear reactor > [noun] > creating more than it consumes
breeder pile1948
fast breeder1949
1948 R. E. Lapp & H. L. Andrews Nucl. Radiation Physics xvi. 401 The development of a breeder-type reactor.
1948 R. E. Lapp & H. L. Andrews Nucl. Radiation Physics xvi. 481 Breeder pile.
1948 U.S. Atomic Energy Comm. 3rd Semi-Ann. Rep. 12 The ‘breeder’ type of reactor, a ‘nuclear chain reactor which over a period of time will actually create more fissionable material than is put into the reactor as fuel to sustain the reaction’.
1949 Sci. Amer. July 36 A ‘breeder’ reactor that would produce new fissionable atoms as fast as it used the old ones up.
1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 423 An engineering design for an experimental ‘breeder’ atomic pile had been completed.
1950 Chem. Industries Jan. 28/2 Of the four reactors, two are breeders and two are non-breeders.
1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 380 The successful operation of so-called breeder reactors, which made new fuel as they burnt their own.
1969 Sci. Jrnl. July 41/3 Eight or nine countries..are hurrying to develop practical reactors that will produce more fissile material than they consume; that is, breeder reactors.
1969 Sci. Jrnl. July 41/3 Breeders are seen as opening the door to virtually unlimited energy.

Draft additions April 2002

slang (originally U.S., usually depreciative). In gay and lesbian usage: a heterosexual person.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > heterosexuality > [noun] > person
heterosexual1892
normal1910
hetero1940
non-homosexual1960
straight1967
het1971
breeder1975
1975 Advocate 12 Mar. 34/3 Now that the movement is developing sophisticated leadership, we can begin dumping our phony, liberal, breeder ‘friends’.
1984 A. Maupin Babycakes viii. 34 [Condoms] are balloons... They are ridiculous things, and they are meant for breeders.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 26 Nov. 31 I approached, smiled sweetly, and asked in my most charming voice why she looked so careworn. ‘Drop dead, breeder,’ she replied. ‘I'm a dyke.’
1999 Time 25 Oct. 117/3 A lone gay character associating largely with straights, viewing pals' sexcapades..with what-fools-these-breeders-be amusement.
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