Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Breeder

Breeder ({not transcribed}) , noun

1.
One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
She was a great breeder. — Dr. A. Carlyle
Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men. — Ascham
2.
A cause.
The breeder of my sorrow. — Shakespeare