breadwinner
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ər noun
a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
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| —n | |
| a person supporting a family with his or her earnings | |
| 'breadwinning | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Breadwinner
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breadwinner
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Example sentences
However, few families in the wage economy depend on only one breadwinner.
We have to encourage breadwinner and homemaker single-income marriages, and discourage working couples.
The public interest lies with breadwinner and homemaker marriages.
Again, when the breadwinner of a family is ill, hospital or medical bills are often compounded by loss of pay.
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