Definition of strikebreaker
: a person hired to replace a striking worker
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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.
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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.
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But a ruthless strikebreaker (Logan Marshall-Green) stands in his way. 10 p.m., USA.
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Historians believe that white residents' resentment of African-American strikebreakers is what led to the drive-through shootings in predominantly African-American neighborhoods.
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First Known Use of strikebreaker
1904
STRIKEBREAKER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of strikebreaker for English Language Learners
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: a person who is hired to replace a worker who is on strike or who continues to work during a strike
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of strikebreaker
: an individual hired to replace a striking worker
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