striker
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈstraɪkər/
:
huelguista
- During the negotiation meeting, the representatives listened to the concerns of the strikers.
- strikes and strikers
- hunger strikers
- number of strikers
He threatened to use the Army as strike Breakers and asked Congress for the power to draft strikers into the military to then make them work.
- He threatened to use the Army as strike Breakers and asked Congress for the power to draft strikers into the military to then make them work.
- In the midst of this extraordinary election season, the the presence of the strikers this evening is a matter of urgency.
Examples
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They killed two strikers in Peru last year.
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Many strikers participated in the rally to raise awareness about their plight.
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We end up with all the strikers here.
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I thought the strikers had got in.
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Was there any violence by the strikers to justify--?
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I think I now have more sympathy for the strikers.
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As workers or former workers, they were more likely to develop sympathy for the strikers and desert their posts.
Academic text (1994) -
Fearful of more violence but determined to hold out, the strikers went in a body to retrieve their tools.
Academic text (2000) -
Many priests, such as me, join the strikers and preside at outdoor masses for many thousands of workers.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mass rallies in support of the strikers were held by miners in Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, and Vladivostok.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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5.6
A person who stands outside a workplace to protest and stop others from entering
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4.9
A person who gathers outside a workplace to protest or support a cause
Compounds
- Specialized
A short pole under the bowsprit of a sailboat that holds a rope to keep the front rigging tight
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Striker comes from the verb strike, which came to mean 'to stop work' as a protest. So a striker is someone who takes part in that stoppage to demand better pay or conditions.