Home › Words › R › rulebreakerrulebreakerrulebreaker · noun — one who breaks a rule.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, rulebreaker ranks #36,459 of 42,898 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom rule + breaker.nounOne who breaks a rule.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).