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strikebreaker

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strikebreaker /ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkɚ/ noun
plural strikebreakers
strikebreaker
/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkɚ/
noun
plural strikebreakers
Learner's definition of STRIKEBREAKER
[count]
: a person who is hired to replace a worker who is on strike or who continues to work during a strike顶替罢工者工作的人;罢工时继续工作者;破坏罢工者

— strikebreaking

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkɪŋ/ noun [noncount]
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strikebreaker

noun

strike·​break·​er ˈstrīk-ˌbrā-kər How to pronounce strikebreaker (audio)
: a person hired to replace a striking worker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Qadir, whose mother had been the president of the N.A.A.C.P. in West Memphis, Arkansas, felt ashamed that inmates might see him as a strikebreaker. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020 Their purpose is to protect property, not people, and labor history is littered with accounts of police moonlighting as strikebreakers or charging in to harass or injure striking workers. Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 29 May 2020 Working with mining bosses, the local sheriff hastily deputized about 2,000 strikebreakers to round up about 1,200 miners, mostly immigrants from Mexico and eastern Europe. Washington Post, 14 July 2019 Newly deputized strikebreakers with ancient guns stand in a classroom complete with an overhead projector and modern light figures. Washington Post, 14 July 2019 In response, the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, hired strikebreakers and paid off the local police to arrest and sometimes violently attack the women. Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 26 Mar. 2018 Into the conflict comes Creeley Turner (Logan Marshall-Green), a strikebreaker who thinks nothing of raising a body count on behalf of his mysterious benefactors, whose stake in this small-potatoes skirmish is unclear. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2017 But a ruthless strikebreaker (Logan Marshall-Green) stands in his way. 10 p.m., USA. Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2017 Historians believe that white residents' resentment of African-American strikebreakers is what led to the drive-through shootings in predominantly African-American neighborhoods. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 28 July 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of strikebreaker was in 1904
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