breaker:

(plural: ‘breakers‘)

a law-breaker

(usually in combination with other words) a person that breaks or stops something or someone,

e.g. ‘law-breaker’, ‘tradition-  breaker’, ‘record-breaker’, ‘deal-breaker’, etc.;

a dancer who does ‘break dance’,

a breaker — a break dancer

e.g.

Marty is a young breaker, and has great many fans who love his break-dance.

Smugglers, bootleggers, black marketeers, corrupt officials are all lawbreakers.

A horse breaker is a horse trainer who knows how to train a horse — training a horse to carry a load/person, obey orders, etc., and this activity of training a young new horse is called ‘breaking a horse’.

(a speed-breaker)

 

A more common meaning is ‘a thing’ that breaks or stops something or someone, e.g. speed-breaker, circuit-breaker (electricity), etc.; a small water barrel kept in lifeboats, and a wave that breaks against a shoreline with a lot of foam.
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