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breadwinner

bread·win·ner

US/ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ rare

noun

1.

one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents

Origin

From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).

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