bread|win|ner

bread|win|ner
bread|win|ner «BREHD WIHN uhr», noun.
1. a) a person who earns a living for himself and those dependent on him: »

No fewer than 735,000 moved from the unemployed list to jobs, 452,000 of them married men in the vital family breadwinner category (Time).

b) a person who earns his bread or living.
2. the tools, art, or craft with which anyone earns his living.

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