rulebreaker

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noun

One who breaks a rule.

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Meanings

nounrulebreaker (plural rulebreakers)

plural rulebreakers · alternative rule-breaker

  1. One who breaks a rule.

    That’s partly why Lena Dunham was able to introduce the topic on HBO, where she’s a known entity and a celebrated rule-breaker.

    2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic

Origin

From rule + breaker.

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Cite this entry
APA

rulebreaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulebreaker

MLA

“rulebreaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulebreaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rulebreaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rulebreaker.

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