Usually means: Worker hired to replace strikers.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word strikebreaker:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. strikebreaker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strikebreaker: Merriam-Webster
  3. strikebreaker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strikebreaker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. strikebreaker: Collins English Dictionary
  6. strikebreaker: Vocabulary.com
  7. strikebreaker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. strikebreaker: Wiktionary
  9. strikebreaker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. strikebreaker: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. strikebreaker: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. strikebreaker: Dictionary.com
  13. Strikebreaker (Asimov), Strikebreaker (short story), Strikebreaker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. strikebreaker: Rhymezone
  15. strikebreaker: FreeDictionary.org
  16. strikebreaker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. strikebreaker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. strikebreaker: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strikebreaker: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

Similar:
scab, rat, blackleg, stonebreaker, striker, shipbreaker, unionbuster, breaker, sledger, smasher, more...

Opposite:
union worker, picketer, striker

Types:
scab, blackleg, more...

Adjectives:
professional, black, modern, potential, single, second, notorious, anti

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Similar:
scab, rat, blackleg, stonebreaker, striker, shipbreaker, unionbuster, breaker, sledger, smasher, more...

Opposite:
union worker, picketer, striker

Types:
scab, blackleg, more...

Adjectives:
professional, black, modern, potential, single, second, notorious, anti



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