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Definition 2024

strikebreaker

strikebreaker

English

Noun

strikebreaker ‎(plural strikebreakers)

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

Synonyms

scab (pejorative)
blackleg (pejorative)

Related terms

strikebreaking

Translations

worker hired to replace a striking worker

Belarusian: штрэйкбрэхер m ‎(štrejkbréxjer)
Catalan: esquirol (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工賊 (zh), 工贼 (zh) ‎(gōngzéi)
Czech: stávkokaz m
Estonian: streigimurdja
Finnish: rikkuri (fi)
French: briseur de grève (fr) m
Georgian: შტრაიკბრეხერი ‎(šṭraiḳbrexeri)
German: Streikbrecher (de) m
Greek: απεργοσπάστης (el) m ‎(apergospástis)

Irish: bristeoir stailce m
Italian: crumiro (it) m, crumira (it) f
Japanese: スト破り ‎(suto-yaburi)
Manx: neustholkeyr m
Portuguese: fura-greve (pt)
Russian: штрейкбре́хер (ru) m ‎(štrejkbréxer)
Spanish: esquirol (es) m, rompehuelgas m, f (Latin America), carnero (es) m (River Plate region)
Swedish: svartfot (sv) c, guling (sv) c
Tagalog: eskirol
Ukrainian: штрейкбрехер m ‎(štrejkbréxer)