Meaning of breadwinner In English

• 0 the member of a family who earns the money that the family needs:

  • Men are often expected to be the breadwinner in a family.

• 1 the person in a family who works to provide the money that the family needs to live on:

  • She’s always been the breadwinner for her family.

• 2 the member of a family who earns the money that the family needs to live:

  • the main/sole breadwinner He is 34, a father of three, and the sole breadwinner of the family.

  • An increasing number of career women are becoming the main breadwinner while their men stay at home to care for their children.