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Definition of Record-breaker
1. Noun. Someone who breaks a record.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Record-breaker
Literary usage of Record-breaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kaiser's Speeches: Forming a Character Portrait of Emperor William II by William (1903)
"... citizens—His ideas about aquatic sports—The Dortmund-Ems Canal—His despatch
after the great Lloyd fire in Hoboken — Congratulating the record-breaker ..."
2. The Kaiser's Speeches: Forming a Character Portrait of Emperor William II by William (1903)
"... citizens—His ideas about aquatic sports—The Dortmund-Ems Canal—His despatch
after the great Lloyd fire in Hoboken — Congratulating the record-breaker ..."
3. Marine Engineer and Naval Architect (1897)
"... another generation—the small compound screw cargo boat—to be swept completely
away. Lengthening a Record Breaker. The results of the experiment which ..."
4. Manchu and Muscovite by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1904)
"The race began with the stroke of a bell, and the record- breaker, ...
The record-breaker thought somehow that the time-keeper wished to ..."
5. Manchu and Muscovite by Bertram Lenox Simpson (1904)
"The race began with the stroke of a bell, and the record- breaker, ...
The record-breaker thought somehow that the time-keeper wished to ..."
6. Official Minutes of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission: Together with by Henry Woodward Sackett, Edward Hagaman Hall (1911)
"The proposed Hudson Memorial Bridge and other features already suggested should
be only part of a great scheme which should be a record breaker, because the ..."
7. News Writing, the Gathering, Handling and Writing of News Stories by Matthew Lyle Spencer (1917)
"A record breaker in anything is a new problem to the public, who will read with
eager joy every detail concerning the attainment of the new record. 44. ..."
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