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breedership

breedership noun: the role or status of being a breeder.

Noun

breedership (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The role or status of being a breeder.
    • […] it will be far from a real breeding flock, and its productions will never bear the stamp of uniformity, which is one of the distinguishing marks of breedership.1943, Perry Van Ewing, The Golden Hoof: A Practical Sheep Book, page 228
    • […] no one who engages in heterosexual practices can epistemically rule out the chance of becoming a parent. If this is accepted without protest, then universal breedership justifies the extension of parental obligations to all.2009, Frida Simonstein, Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender, page 144

Origin of breedership

From breeder + -ship.

Questions about breedership

What does breedership mean?
Breedership means the role or status of being a breeder.
What part of speech is breedership?
Breedership is a noun.

Words near breedership in the dictionary

  1. breeder reactor
  2. breeder reactors
  3. breedermobile
  4. breedermobiles
  5. breeders
  6. breedership
  7. breedes
  8. breedest
  9. breedeth
  10. breedin'
  11. breediness

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