strikebreaker

strikebreaker

English

Etymology

strike +‎ breaker

Noun

strikebreaker (plural strikebreakers)

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

Synonyms

• scab (pejorative)
• blackleg (pejorative)
• scalie (pejorative)

Related terms

• strikebreaking

Translations

worker hired to replace a striking worker

Belarusian: штрэйкбрэхер m (štrejkbréxjer) Catalan: esquirol (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 工賊 (zh), 工贼 (zh) (gōngzéi) Czech: stávkokaz (cs) m Danish: skruebrækker Dutch: stakingsbreker (nl) Estonian: streigimurdja Finnish: rikkuri (fi) French: briseur de grève (fr) m, jaune (fr) Galician: esquirol m, crebafolgas (gl) m or f, quebrafolgas m or f 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 Polish: łamistrajk (pl) m Portuguese: fura-greve (pt) Russian: штрейкбре́хер (ru) m (štrejkbréxer) Spanish: rompehuelgas m or f, esquirol (es) m (Spain), carnero (es) m (River Plate region) Swedish: svartfot (sv) c, guling (sv) c Tagalog: eskirol Ukrainian: штрейкбрехер m (štrejkbréxer)