seeder

Meanings

1. A device used to plant seeds; a seed drill
2. An implement used to remove the seeds from fruit etc.
3. A person who seeds clouds in order to make it rain
4. A person connected to a peer-to-peer network who has a complete or partial copy of a given file and makes it available for downloading.
5. A process that seeds a random number generator.
6. A stamp-type leatherworking tool predominantly used in floral designs to represent the seeds in the center of a flower.

Etymology

From Middle English seeder, seder, from Old English sǣdere (“sower”), equivalent to seed + -er.