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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

The rearer and cultivator of these "Roses" is John Latey, whose "Rose of Hastings" is among the best of the contributions.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 by Various

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.

And we have several modern instances, where the name of the transplanter, or rearer, has been preserved in this sort of creation.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

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

From Statesman by Plato