diluteen.
/dʌɪljuːˈtiː/ An unskilled or semi-skilled worker who takes a place hitherto occupied by a skilled worker.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > labourer or unskilled > replacing skilled worker
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1918 Times 8 Feb. 7/4 That ‘dilutees’ under 32 and fit for general service should be taken first.
1921 Glasgow Herald 7 Mar. 12 The 50,000 dilutees whom the Government were particularly anxious to force upon the building trade.
1923 G. D. H. Cole Trade Unionism & Munitions 135 Before any skilled men were taken for the army, all ‘dilutees’ of military age and fitness should first be removed.
1960 Guardian 4 May 18/2 Dilutees were not now needed because there was not enough work..for skilled men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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