"earner" meaning in English

See earner in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earner.wav [Southern-England] Forms: earners [plural]
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  1. One who earns money.
    Sense id: en-earner-en-noun-l0eBg2rY Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0
  2. (UK, Australia) A profitable product or scheme; something that brings in good money. Tags: Australia, UK
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: big earner, dual earner, middle earner, nonearner, wage earner

Inflected forms

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