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rulebreaker

rulebreaker noun: one who breaks a rule.

Noun

rulebreaker (plural rulebreakers)

  1. One who breaks a rule.
    • That’s partly why Lena Dunham was able to introduce the topic on HBO, where she’s a known entity and a celebrated rule-breaker.2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic

Forms of rulebreaker

pluralrulebreakers
alternative formrule-breaker

Origin of rulebreaker

From rule + breaker.

Questions about rulebreaker

What does rulebreaker mean?
Rulebreaker means one who breaks a rule.
What part of speech is rulebreaker?
Rulebreaker is a noun.
What is the plural of rulebreaker?
The plural of rulebreaker is rulebreakers.

Words near rulebreaker in the dictionary

  1. ruleable
  2. ruleage
  3. rulebook
  4. rulebooks
  5. rulebound
  6. rulebreaker
  7. rulebreakers
  8. rulebreaking
  9. ruled
  10. ruled in
  11. ruled off

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