sit-downern.
/ˈsɪtdaʊnə/, U.S. /ˈsɪtˌdaʊnər/ Originally U.S.
A participant in a sit-down strike or demonstration. See sit-down adj. 4.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator > types of protester or demonstrator
counterprotester1863
hunger-marcher1908
peace marcher1918
sit-downer1936
sit-inner1936
protest marcher1947
sitter1960
freedom rider1961
sit-in1961
sitter-in1961
live-in1964
protest singer1966
1936 N.Y. Times 2 Feb. (Late City ed.) 26/2 Some of the Goodyear ‘sit-downers’ followed the example set by strikers at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company this week and remained in the plant for many hours after their shift ended.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 6 July 9/4 The local Communist association aided the sitdowners.
1963 D. V. Baker Door is always Open ix. 187 We had finally reached Hyde Park, where the Committee had arranged for the sit-downers to meet before marching to Whitehall.
2011 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 9 Oct. 3 c Can the Wall Street sit-downers inspire a national popular rising to throw today's rascals out?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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