Noun
one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
Source: WordNetI am a single mom and I'm the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that's just the way it is. I don't think my son even knows any different. Charisma Carpenter
The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children. Thomas Perez
Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic. Barbara Ehrenreich
In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner. Ezra Taft Benson
If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.' Barbara Tuchman
Divorce can be tough when the woman is the breadwinner. But the Lord can make the dark light. Betty Wright