Breadwinner
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The breadwinner is the member (or members) of the family who goes out into the world and earns money for the family. He is the family's primary source of income. This is a somewhat colloquial term, coming from the colloquialism of "bread" to denote "money". The counterpart of a breadwinner is a homemaker.