rose-breasted grosbeak Syllabification: (rose-breast·ed gros·beak)Definition of rose-breasted grosbeak noun a North American grosbeak, the male of which is black and white with a pinkish-red breast patch. Pheucticus ludovicianus, family Emberizidae (subfamily Cardinalinae) rose-breasted grosbeak in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of rose-breasted grosbeak in the British & World English dictionary