stock breeder
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- noun
- /stɑk ˈbridər/
:
ganadero
- Scientific stock breeder.
Examples
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As a successful stock breeder, she specializes in raising high-quality cattle for sale.
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He learned the skills of a stock breeder from his father, who had managed a farm for decades.
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The stock breeder carefully selected the best animals to improve the quality of his livestock.
Synonyms
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2.7
A person who owns or looks after a ranch that has cattle and sheep
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3.1
A person who keeps animals as a job so they have babies
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6.5
A person who cares for and raises farm animals like cattle or sheep
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4.2
A person who raises and looks after cattle on a farm or ranch
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A person who looks after cattle or sheep on grassland for sale
A person who keeps and breeds animals like cows and sheep for meat or milk
A farmer who raises animals like cattle or sheep for food and milk
A woman who raises and cares for farm animals like cattle or sheep
Surface Forms
Morphology
stock + breeder
The meaning is directly compositional: 'stock' (livestock) + 'breeder' (a person who breeds animals) yields a person who breeds livestock, so the overall sense is predictable from the parts. This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross‑linguistic pattern (modifier + head), and even if 'stock' has other senses, the agricultural context makes the livestock sense obvious to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Stock breeder joins stock (a word for the farm animals people keep) and breeder (someone who breeds them). Imagine a person choosing which cows or sheep to mate so the herd gets better, so it means 'a person who breeds domestic animals'.