[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person who facilitates or looks after the hatching of eggs; specifically a poultry breeder.

- A device in which eggs are hatched artificially, especially for commercial purposes; an incubator.

- A person who contrives or devises a plot, scheme, etc., especially clandestinely. Also (rarely): a place where such plots are contrived. Chiefly with of.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in Roger Hutchinson (d. 1555), religious writer. From hatch + -er