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STRIKEBREAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strikebreaker mean?
• STRIKEBREAKER (noun)
The noun STRIKEBREAKER has 1 sense:
1. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
Familiarity information: STRIKEBREAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blackleg; rat; scab; strikebreaker
Hypernyms ("strikebreaker" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
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