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单词 breadwinner
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breadwinnern.

Brit. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnə/, U.S. /ˈbrɛdˌwɪnər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., winner n.
Etymology: < bread n. (compare sense 4b at that entry) + winner n.
1. A means of support, or of earning a living; a tool, skill, craft, etc., with which a person earns a living.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood
lifeOE
foodOE
livelihoodc1300
livingc1330
ploughc1390
purchasec1475
daily bread1526
being1570
governing1572
shift1572
supportation1576
thrift1579
livelihead1590
thrive1592
breadwinnera1614
subsistence1644
gain1655
bread and butter1691
through-bearing1705
bread1719
bread ticket1801
daily1817
lifehood1823
rice bowl1853
crust1916
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 123 Thair bread-winner, thair honour, thair estimation, all was gean, giff Aristotle sould be sa owirharled.
1721 A. Ramsay Poems I. 292 Syne his Bread-winner [sc. his fiddle] out he'd bang, And fa' to Bumming.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xviii. 174 An aged woman, who has but the distaff for her bread-winner.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 190 That art which was..the bread-winner alike for soul and body.
1902 Musician Nov. 396/1 (heading) The study of the violin as a breadwinner for girls.
2013 Cairns (Queensland) Post (Nexis) 21 June (Features section) 22 Agriculture, a stable breadwinner for the region, is shaping to be an even bigger contributor in the future.
2. A person whose earnings support his or her family, or other dependants.Now the usual sense.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one earning a living
winner1352
providerc1485
bread earner1602
breadwinner1783
bread artist1827
daily-breader1872
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > one who
maintainera1450
provisora1475
provider1616
sustentationa1631
head-worker1640
support1677
breadwinner1783
family head2002
1783 T. Tod Observ. Dr. M'farlan's Inq. conc. State of Poor 75 We have the heartfelt satisfaction, of being the instruments of relieving from the bed of sickness and pain, the honest and industrious bread-winners to thousands of their innocent offspring.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xvii. 162 What war is when it comes into our hearths, and among the breadwinners.
1920 C. Aronovici Housing & Housing Probl. v. 128 What proportion of the income of the main breadwinner is spent on rent?
2019 Ahmedabad Mirror (Nexis) 5 June The entire family is dependent on him as he is the sole breadwinner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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