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# breadwinner

«breadwinner» in Mova's school dictionary: **The person in a family who earns the money that the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a breadwinner, breadwinners)

### meaning for a pupil

The person in a family who earns the money that the family lives on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday adult life and stories about families, the breadwinner goes out to work. Today in many families both parents are breadwinners, or a mum is the main one. «Bread» here means money and food.

### examples

- Mum is the main breadwinner in our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#x1)
- When Dad lost his job, Gran became the breadwinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#x2)
- Both my parents are breadwinners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#x3)
- In the story, the eldest son had to become the breadwinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#x4)
- Being the only breadwinner can be stressful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/#x5)

### note

One word. It does not mean someone wins bread in a contest. Any family member can be the breadwinner.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «breadwinner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadwinner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.