'Breadwinner' definitions:
Definition of 'breadwinner'
(from WordNet)
noun
One whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
Definition of 'Breadwinner'
From: GCIDE
- Breadwinner \Bread"win`ner\ (br[e^]d"w[i^]n`n[~e]r), n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'breadwinner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blue-collar worker,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- common laborer,
- day laborer,
- employee,
- factory worker,
- flunky,
- free lance,
- free-lancer,
- full-time worker,
- hand,
- industrial worker,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- menial,
- migrant,
- moiler,
- navvy,
- office temporary,
- proletarian,
- roustabout,
- salaried worker,
- self-employed person,
- servant,
- stiff,
- temporary,
- toiler,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman