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Words with a similar base: housebreaker

'housebreaker'

[housebreaker.n.01] as in: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house

'housebreaker'

[housewrecker.n.01] as in: a wrecker of houses

Examples:
in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker

Origins

					housebreaker (English)
├── breaker (English)
│   ├── -er (English)
│   │   ├── -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   ├── -eren (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   ├── -or (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   │   └── -ra (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── break (English)
│       └── breken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│           └── brecan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── house (English)
    └── hous (Middle English (1100-1500))