breadwinner
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- noun
- /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnər/
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sostén de la familia
- Mary Ann became the sole breadwinner for her family.
- breadwinner of the family
- sole breadwinner
- main breadwinner
So it's like the male breadwinner model, just like locks into place.
- So it's like the male breadwinner model, just like locks into place.
- They, these people are, are, are no longer the breadwinners.
- They just want to, you know, be breadwinners?
- We were a very close family and he was the breadwinner.
- They're looking for, you know, just a breadwinner or provider, but not someone who's going to really be a partner to them.
- But add to that when my father had a minor heart attack and retired, I became the breadwinner in my family.
- And I think that a lot of times whoever is the breadwinner, all right, tends to naturally take on that role.
- She worked while he was building Amazon and she was the breadwinner for that family while he was building that brand.
- With more women graduating college than men, in time, women will become the primary breadwinners.
- They, they, they never made me feel like I had to support the family or that this was all on me and that I was the breadwinner.
- Patience can be thrown out the window because when you get home, you believe that I'm the breadwinner and what I say is what goes and this is what it is.
Examples
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You're the breadwinner now.
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I'm the main breadwinner in my family.
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In contrast, men were concerned with breadwinner activities such as employment.
Academic text (1990) -
But add to that when my father had a minor heart attack and retired, I became the breadwinner in my family.
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I've always been the breadwinner my entire life.
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Ken, now 68, always had been the main breadwinner and worked for 30 years in customer service call management.
Academic text (2007) -
The victims were primarily working people in the prime of life, often the family breadwinners.
Academic text (2002) -
So Roz was the primary breadwinner and you didn't have a job?
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Sixty percent of women are the primary breadwinners, but still do most of the housework.
Blog text (1) -
My sister became the main breadwinner after she got promoted at her job.
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Etymology
The word breadwinner comes from two simple parts: bread meaning 'food' or the money to buy food, and winner meaning 'someone who gets or earns something'. So a breadwinner is the person who earns the money or provides the food that a family needs.