: 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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Every spring brings a new growing season and, for me and other garden communicators, dozens of not-yet-available sample plants sent by breeders and growers.—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026 While plant breeders have been able to coax other garden plants into re-blooming, this is not the case for peonies.—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 12 June 2026 Authorities seized more than 100,000 live exotic cockroaches from a commercial breeder in Bathurst, Australia.—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 Despite the scale of the operation, no charges were filed against the Bathurst breeder.—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for breeder