breeder

noun

1. A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).

2. slangderogatoryA person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.

3. gay slangderogatoryA heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.

   “Since the breeders started coming here, you can never tell who likes cock.”

4. cellular automataA pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.

Ellipsis of breeder reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.