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]