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breadwinner definition

bread·winner (bred′win′ər)

noun

a working person whose earnings support his or her dependents

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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