Breeder \Breed"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
      
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            She was a great breeder.              --Dr. A.
                                                  Carlyle.
      
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            Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy
            men.                                  --Ascham.
      
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   2. A cause. "The breeder of my sorrow." --Shak.
      
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breeder
     n : a person who breeds animals [syn: {stock breeder}]

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "breeder":
   atomic pile, breaker, breeder reactor, bricks, broncobuster,
   buckaroo, cattleman, chain reactor, chain-reacting pile,
   cow keeper, cowman, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, farrier,
   fast pile, furnace, grazier, groom, heterogeneous reactor,
   homogeneous reactor, horseshoer, hostler, intermediate pile,
   lattice, neutron factory, nuclear furnace, pile, plutonium reactor,
   power reactor, power-breeder reactor, radioactive waste, rancher,
   ranchero, ranchman, reactor, reactor pile, rods, sheepman,
   slow pile, stableboy, stableman, stellarator, stock raiser,
   stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, tamer, trainer,
   uranium reactor