单词 | race riot |
释义 | > as lemmasrace riot race riot n. a riot that results from racial tension or hostility. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot > types of street riot1703 cattle-racket1847 race riot1880 1880 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 10 Sept. Saturday night a race riot broke out in the lower part of Newcastle..between gangs of Irishmen, Poles, and Slavacks. 1921 Palestine Weekly 2 Dec. 779/2 With regard to the actual question as to which side initiated the race riot, the Commission speaks with definiteness and precision. 2003 A. Nayak Race, Place & Globalization iii. 40 There is documentation of anti-Irish race riots in 1851, arising from the migratory movements of rural folk from Ireland to the North East during the potato famine. < as lemmas |
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