"home wrecker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-home wrecker.ogg [Australia] Forms: home wreckers [plural]
Etymology: home + wrecker, suggesting the breakup of a household. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|home|wrecker}} home + wrecker Head templates: {{en-noun}} home wrecker (plural home wreckers)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A person who gains the affections of someone already married or engaged, and thus causes the dissolution of the marriage or engagement. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: homebreaker, homewrecker Hyponyms: other man (english: men only), other woman (english: women only) Related terms: housewrecker Translations (one who becomes romantically involved with a married man or woman): hejmorompanto [common-gender, masculine] (Esperanto), hejmorompantino [feminine] (Esperanto), Familienzerstörer [masculine] (German), Ehezerstörer [masculine] (German), rovinafamiglie [feminine] (Italian), разлу́чница (razlúčnica) [feminine] (Russian), rompehogares [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), quitamaridos [feminine] (Spanish), quitaesposas [masculine] (Spanish), robaesposas [masculine] (Spanish)

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