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breeder

[bree-der] / ˈbri dər /


NOUN
grower
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Showhouses are always extravagant, and this year’s event takes place inside the 8,000-square-foot former home of Clara Baldwin Stocker, daughter of land investor and racehorse breeder Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

The newspaper describes her as a "dog breeder and horse lover" who ran Croft Farm, a boarding kennels in the village Thorpe in Balne.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

She made the ferry journey over to England with a fellow Dutch breeder friend and seven pooches between them -- three of them Swedish Vallhunds and four other hounds.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

Sir Thomas Pilkington:, external A successful owner, breeder and administrator, he was senior steward of the Jockey Club from 1994 to 1998 and also acted as chair of the British Horseracing Board.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

His interest in fabulous beasts was encouraged by his mother, who was an enthusiastic breeder of fancy Hippogriffs.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

The super breeders saving their endangered parakeet species.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

Although there aren’t any other cooperative breeders among the great apes, there are South American treetop monkeys called marmosets and tamarins who do cooperate to raise young.

From Slate May 10, 2026

As a result, breeders have selected crops with smaller leaves and shorter stems.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2026

Still, a search for “teacup pigs” yields a deluge of breeders promising improbably small pigs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Poor Gladys Phipps offered him to Maryland breeders for free, but she couldn’t find a single taker.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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