picketer
picketer noun: someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
Noun
picketer (plural picketers)
- Someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
- At the first show at U.C.L.A., picketers ended up joining the ticket line to see what the play was about.2007 June 9, Sharon Waxman, “What’s in a Slur? A New Play Searches for Answers”, in New York Times
- While hourly workers ponder the agreement, salaried workers at G.M., many of whom encountered picketers blocking plant entrances when they arrived for work on Monday and Tuesday, said they, too, were thankful the strike did not drag on, because there was no upside for them.2007 September 27, Nick Bunkley, Mary M. Chapman, “Off the Picket Line at G.M., Relieved but Wary”, in New York Times
Synonyms of picketer
Forms of picketer
| plural | picketers |
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Origin of picketer
From picket + -er.
Questions about picketer
- What does picketer mean?
- Picketer means someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
- What part of speech is picketer?
- Picketer is a noun.
- What is the plural of picketer?
- The plural of picketer is picketers.
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