boycotter
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- noun
- /ˈbɔɪˌkɑːtər/
:
boicoteador
- Many boycotters joined together to refuse attending the event as a statement against its sponsors.
- other boycotters
Examples
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By refusing to undertake work or to pay rent or certain taxes, the boycotters make it known to a much larger audience than the members of their own class that the target is not to be dealt with in the morally offending capacity of employer, landlord, or executive.
Academic text (1992) -
Hence, until the Second Lebanon War erupted in July 2006, one might have expected the boycotters to rest on their laurels.
Academic text (2010) -
And I found it very difficult, you know, impossible to find a single boycotter in Huddersfield Town despite their very lively WSPU branch.
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How can Ford tell whether the boycotter is an honest, patriotic atheist, or some fundy sicko?
Blog text (17) -
Now the venerable arts nonprofit has released a statement regarding the event, and it addresses the claims by the boycotters, as articulated by Electronic Intifada.
Blog text (13) -
The boycotters decided to stop shopping at the store to protest its unfair labor practices.
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During the protest, the boycotters held up signs to express their disapproval of the company's policies.
How Committed
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Morphology
Etymology
Boycotter comes from the name of a man, Captain Boycott, who was avoided by his neighbours in Ireland when they would not work with him as a protest; this act of refusal became called a 'boycott'. So a boycotter is someone who 'refuses' to buy, use, or take part in something to show 'disapproval' or to protest.