rearer
/ˈrɪrər/
noun
- A person who raises or brings up children or young animals.
- The zoo employs a specialist rearer for orphaned baby animals.
- The farmer was a skilled rearer of sheep and cattle.
- As a single parent, she became a devoted rearer of her two sons.
- A person who breeds or cultivates plants or animals for a specific purpose.
- He is a well-known rearer of prize-winning roses.
- My neighbor is a rearer of exotic birds and sells them to pet stores.
- The rearer of racing horses spends years training each foal.