Word: housebreakers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: house
brea
kers
Definition: Plural of housebreaker; a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
Morphemes:
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The people who live in a house; a household.
Affix: break
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.