Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who rears or raises; one who brings up.
  • noun A rearing horse, ass, or mule; an animal that has a habit of rearing.
  • noun In coal-mining, a seam of coal having an inclination of more than thirty degrees.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, rears.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who rears (nurtures children or animals).

Etymologies

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to rear + -er

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Examples

  • In other words, is there a gender bias where the mother is believed to be the better rearer of a child than a man?

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2009 2009

  • Not only was woman in the moshavah herself such a new human being, and not only did she herself participate in the general pioneering enterprise, but she became the rearer and shaper of a new generation, a generation of farmers and Jewish workers of the land in Erez Israel.

    Moshavah. 2009

  • As a "Mr. Dad" who was the primary child-rearer in our family, I need to tell you that both the concept of husbands "helping out with" child-rearing and the term "Mr. Mom" are insulting and counterproductive to fathers gaining the freedom to share in all the responsibilities of parenting.

    "The question is, will Mrs. Clinton fight Ms. Palin to help her former rival, Mr. Obama?" Ann Althouse 2008

  • Were we right in selecting him out of ten thousand other claimants to be the shepherd and rearer of the human flock?

    The Statesman 2006

  • Of all the people on earth, who can we rely on to fulfill the duty of protector and rearer?

    Beyond Marriage 2006

  • She's a geologist by training, worked for Shell Oil at the point I married her, but currently, she's a full time child rearer.

    Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life 1996

  • Calf rearing using imported milk substitutes is practiced in a number of countries and there may be a need for calf weaner and calf rearer feeds.

    Chapter 5 1988

  • If she does marry, and gives up her prior vocation to be housekeeper and child-rearer, she should be legally entitled to half her husband's earnings.

    Problems of Conduct Durant Drake

  • Many landlords tried to allot land with no pasture, so that the rearer of cattle had to hire at an exorbitant rate.

    Heroes of Modern Europe Alice Birkhead

  • Such a son, again, comes to be regarded as belonging to that order to which his owner or rearer belongs. '

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

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