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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "breadwinner":
     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
  
  

















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