01 n. One who, or that which, breaks.
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One who, or that which, breaks.“I'll be no breaker of the law.” — Shak.
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Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
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A small water cask.(Naut.)
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A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.“The breakers were right beneath her bows.” — Longfellow.
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a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
Syn.
ledgeman.