The word "breadwinner" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to someone (typically a male) who supports their family financially, especially by being the main source of income. For example: "My father was the breadwinner in our family, working hard to support us."
She notes that this division of labour (the woman as main breadwinner) is becoming more common.
Social conservatives complain that for many families, a welfare cheque has replaced the male breadwinner, making him superfluous.
The existing system, he said, promotes the traditional family: wives who raise children rather than work outside the home enjoy the protection of generous widow's benefits, whereas privatised schemes might protect only the breadwinner.
Now that the family's breadwinner has gone, she is only just managing to survive.
The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of the Christian Democrats (CDU), complained that traditional families with one (male) breadwinner were at a disadvantage.In this section The unbearable lightness of being overtaken Predators or prophets?
To find out The Economist looked at how much the main breadwinner in an average household makes each year (before tax).
She was collecting the names of families whose breadwinner had been killed or detained by the regime so she could link them with organisations delivering food aid or monthly payments.
At the peak of the scourge in 2005 it was killing over 700 South Africans a day most of them in their prime robbing the country of vitally needed skilled workers and depriving families of their sole breadwinner.
Within families, each main breadwinner is expected to have to carry four extra dependants.
Women today find it easier to cope without a male breadwinner.
And in many countries, second earners (usually women) face higher average tax rates than the main breadwinner.
