homewrecker

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From home and wrecker: the idea that a family and a home have been destroyed by one person, and thus the home is "wrecked".

[edit] Noun

homewrecker (plural homewreckers)

1. (slang) A person (male or female) who engages in romantic relations with a person who is married or engaged to be married with the intention of breaking up the engagement or marriage.