: one engaged in the breeding of a specified organism
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: a nuclear reactor designed to produce more fissionable material than it uses as fuel
called alsobreeder reactor
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The breeder’s association did not return a request for comment Friday afternoon.—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Dec. 2025 Plant breeders and researchers may find valuable traits for nutrition or climate resilience in a collection faraway.—Julia Daye, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2025 But in 1973 President Richard Nixon pulled federal funding for molten-salt research in order to go all-in on a competing breeder reactor that was cooled with sodium.—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025 In addition to cycling, Bonds has, improbably, become an accomplished breeder of miniature schnauzers.—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breeder
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