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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hatcher

/(-ẽr)/ · Hatch·er · IPA /hˈætʃər/
01 n. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
  1. 1.
    One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
  2. 2.
    One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
    “A great hatcher and breeder of business.” Swift.