breadwinner
noun
a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
breadwinning
-
a word derived from
breadwinner.
Example Sentences
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The pressures of male breadwinning still top the reasons a generation is turning away from marriage, according to a government survey last year of more than 10,000 South Koreans.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
A poor kid breadwinning in the space where a childhood is meant to go, without the boundaries that other 12-year-olds have, it makes the perfect recipe for an adulthood spent clashing with authority.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2019
The household quarrels about cleaning and goal-setting and competitive breadwinning have an intriguing texture.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2019
If men did more caregiving, it would free women up to do more breadwinning.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2015
People are stupefied and deadened by their absorption in breadwinning.
From Mother by Maksim Gorky
