breadwinner
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breadwinner
- /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).
noun breadwinners
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The primary income-earner in a household.
At one side lay the little town of Hollingford, into a street of which Mr. Gibson's front door opened; and delicate columns, and little puffs of smoke were already beginning to rise from many a cottage chimney where some housewife was already up, and preparing breakfast for the bread-winner of the f
Similar: breadearner
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noun primary income-earner in a household
| Español | sostén financiero de familia, quien mantiene a la familia, el único que trae dinero al hogar |
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| 한국어 | 가장 gajang, 부양자 buyangja, 벌이하는 사람 beorihaneun saram |
| 日本語 | 扶養者 fuyōsha, 大黒柱 daikokubashira, 稼ぎ手 kasegite |
| 中文 | 養家活口的人 /养家活口的人 yǎngjiā huókǒu de rén, 養家糊口的人 /养家糊口的人 yǎngjiā húkǒu de rén, 養家的人 /养家的人 yǎngjiā de rén |
| Português | ganha-pão |
| Français | gagne-pain, pain, soutien de famille |
| Deutsch | Broterwerber, Broterwerberin, Geldverdiener, Geldverdienerin |
| Română | câștigător de pâine, salariat |
| Русский | корми́лец kormílec, корми́лица kormílica, добы́тчик dobýtčik, добы́тчица dobýtčica |
| العربية | مُعِيل muʕīl, عَائِل ʕāʔil |
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