Synonyms for breadwinner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bred-win-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɛdˌwɪn ər |
Définition of breadwinner
Origin :- also bread-winner, "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner, from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.).
- noun wage earner
- Yes, my father was aging fast, I would soon be the only breadwinner here.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Where she is a breadwinner she wants equal pay for equal work.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- She thought of Francois, who was the breadwinner, and of Felicite, who was blind.
- Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- But when was a mere man (and breadwinner) considered at such times?
- Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
- The children were yet young, and depended on the breadwinner.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- It was well on to ten years she had been their capital and the breadwinner of the house.
- Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis
- The average earnings of the breadwinner of the family were about $165 a year.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- He was useful too—indeed he was almost the breadwinner of the little party.
- Extract from : « The Children's Pilgrimage » by L. T. Meade
- In the city the breadwinner is a working man or an immigrant.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Country Community » by Warren H. Wilson
- The orphan and her breadwinner are being led to the marriage canopy in the graveyard!
- Extract from : « Yiddish Tales » by Various
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