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I grew up on a hill of moderate grade opposite a large, multigenerational black family: the matriarch was the rearer of grandchildren and the trusted keeper of the neighbors’ spare keys.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2019

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

From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice

Indeed, O thou of unfading glory, the rearer should perform all the purificatory rites with respect to such a son according to the practices of the rearer's own race and kinsmen.

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

Meantime earth as she brings forth vegetation in spring is Kourotrophos, rearer of Kouroi, or the young men of the tribe.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

Then the moulting seasons are always periods of trial to the larv�, and often of loss to the rearer.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.