BREADWINNER


Meaning of BREADWINNER in English

noun

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■ ADJECTIVE

male

For example, if the male breadwinner is unemployed, more of the domestic tasks may fall to him.

The most serious risk which faced them was that to their involuntarily parasitic women-folk - the unexpected death of the male breadwinner .

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But when it comes to earning an income, a large percentage still expects the father to be primary breadwinner .

Its restaurant at the winery has become a $ 5 million annual breadwinner .

Sure, her management team would be left without a breadwinner .

There's another kind of breadwinner - women on their own with no regrets.

Traditionally, of course, the man is the breadwinner who enhances his desirability by demonstrating his earning prowess.

Two women, both family breadwinners, found the union of help in fighting for the right to be considered for promotion.

Women became breadwinners while their husbands and sons went off to fight.

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