Breeder
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly over-run, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies, and who stay at home on purpose with a design to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping to take their advantage by the absence of so many good Protestants, who have chosen rather to leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience to an episcopal curate." --"A Modest Proposal", Jonathan Swift |
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A breeder is a person who practices the vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same breed to reproduce specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics.
This might be as a farmer, agriculturalist, or hobbyist, and can be practiced on a large or small scale, for food, fun, or profit.
See also
- Breeder (slang)
- Animal husbandry
- Animal fancy
- Breeder (slang)
- Breeding in the wild
- Cat breeding
- Dog breeding
- Horse breeding
- Pigeon keeping
- Plant or crop breeding
- Selective breeding
- Tree breeding