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/brˈiðər/ Listen

noun

Breather n.

One who breathes. Hence:

(a)

One who lives.

(b)

One who utters.

(c)

One who animates or inspires.

That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. (Colloq.)

A pause to catch one's breath, or for some other form of rest or refreshment; often used in the phrase to take a breather, i.e. to pause for refreshment. (Colloq.)

A vent in a container to allow equalization of internal and external pressure.

An air intake pipe to provide air to machinery or people submerged or otherwise sealed off from the outside.

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Etymology of 'Breather'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Breather" Quotes from Famous Books

... he, as well as his companions, expected to win an easy victory. But when at the end of the first round, we stopped at Job's call for a breather, neither of us had got home more than a few body blows, and Topper was patently chagrined, more especially as the others could not forbear twitting him. He began the second round with an impetuosity that kept me wholly on the defensive, and pressed me so hard that I gave ...

— Humphrey Bold - A Story of the Times of Benbow • Herbert Strang

... the souls of men, And aura of all treaders over thee; A sentient exhalation, wherein close The odorous lives of many-throated flowers, And each thing's mettle effused; that so thou wear'st, Even like a breather on a frosty morn, Thy proper suspiration. For I know, Albeit, with custom-dulled perceivingness, Nestled against thy breast, my sense not take The breathings of thy nostrils, there's no tree, No grain of dust, nor no cold-seeming stone, But wears a ...

— New Poems • Francis Thompson

... opponents were very softspoken and polite to each other. "Is there any small vow of which I may relieve you?" "Would you desire to attempt some small deed of arms upon me?" And in the midst of a fight they would stop for a breather, and converse amicably the while, with many compliments upon each other's prowess. When Seaton the Scotsman had exchanged as many blows as he wished with a company of French knights, he said, "Thank you, gentlemen, thank you!" and galloped away. An English knight made a vow, "for his own ...

— Through the Magic Door • Arthur Conan Doyle