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breadwinner
CIDE DICTIONARY
breadwinner, n.
The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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, workmanFor further exploring for "breadwinner" in Webster Dictionary Online