Noun
One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc.
A cause.
Source: Webster's dictionaryProsperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. Mark Twain
It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. Gilbert Parker
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. Freeman Dyson
Time is the nurse and breeder of all good. William Shakespeare
Truth has noble effects. Truth is the seed of the new birth. God does not regenerate us by miracles or revelations, but by the word of truth (James 1:18). As truth is the breeder of grace, so it is the feeder of it (1Ti 4:6). Truth sanctifies: "Sanctify them through Thy truth" (John 17:17). Thomas Watson (Puritan)
After an aspiring breeder was not able to provide 13 Saint Bernard/Great Pyrenees puppies with proper food and shelter, the owner reached out to the North Peace SPCA for help and surrendered the puppies. Source: Internet