See Also: breaker(1)(dictionary)
breaker(2)(dictionary)
ice-breaker(dictionary)
breaker(dictionary)
law-breaker(dictionary)
stress breaker(medicine)
Deal Breaker(money)
circuit breaker(dictionary)
wind breaker(dictionary)

breaker(1) (iou)



breaker noun1. ME.
[from BREAK verb + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which breaks (in any sense), crushes, or destroys. ME.
circuit-breaker, housebreaker, record-breaker, ship-breaker, etc.
spec. A person who violates or transgresses a law, oath, promise, etc. LME.
A person who subdues, tames, or trains (horses etc.). Also breaker-in. M16.
A heavy ocean wave breaking on the coast or on a reef etc. L17.
A person who interrupts the conversation of others on citizens' band radio; any user of citizens' band radio. slang. M20.
A break-dancer. L20.