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breadwinner

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bread·win·ner  (brdwnr)
n.
One whose earnings are the primary source of support for one's dependents.
bread·winning n.
breadwinner
Noun
a person supporting a family with his or her earnings
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.breadwinner - one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
earner, wage earner - someone who earn wages in return for their labor
Translations
breadwinner [ˈbrɛdwɪnəʳ] n → sostén m de la familia
breadwinner [ˈbrɛdwɪnəʳ] n → soutien m de famille
breadwinner [ˈbrɛdwɪnəʳ] n → Ernährer(in) m(f)
breadwinner [ˈbrɛdwɪnəʳ] n → chi guadagna il pane per tutta la famiglia


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Another era had dawned, new customs, new fashions sprang into life, all as lusty as if they had been born at twenty-one; as quickly as two people may exchange seats, the daughter, till now but a knitter of stockings, became the breadwinner, he who had been the breadwinner sat down to the knitting of stockings: what had been yesterday a nest of weavers was to-day a town of girls.
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