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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house;
[syn: housebreaker, cat burglar]

2. a wrecker of houses;
- Example: "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker"
[syn: housewrecker, housebreaker]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Housebreaker \House"break`er\, n. One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

housebreaker n 1: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house [syn: housebreaker, cat burglar] 2: a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker" [syn: housewrecker, housebreaker]