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Laborite

[ ley-buh-rahyt ]

noun

  1. a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
  2. (lowercase) an advocate or member of a labor union or movement.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Laborite1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; labor + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

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Britain under Boris Johnson has no true successor to May under the Conservative John Major as well as the New Laborite Tony Blair, but a largely secret advisory committee—unlike the open if contentious relationship between Donald Trump and his advisors.

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As far as I knew, Regev had never before spoken about growing up in a Laborite home.

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Playboy‘s Hugh Hefner took a whack on the backside… The police even victimized a member of the British Parliament, Mrs. Anne Kerr, a vacationing Laborite who was Maced outside the Conrad Hilton and hustled off to the lockup. …”The force used was the force that was necessary,” insisted Police Superintendent James Conlisk Jr.

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He finds the breezy condescension of a Laborite like Herzog almost as hard to swallow as the contempt of someone like Lieberman.

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"United," he says, sounding like a seasoned adult laborite, "we as child workers can achieve anything."

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LaborismLabor-Management Relations Act