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red-baiters

red-baiters is the plural of red-baiter.

Meaning of red-baiter

Noun

red-baiter (plural red-baiters)

  1. (US) A person who practices red-baiting.
    • On Feb. 9, 1950, notorious red-baiter Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) waved a piece of paper before the cameras that he claimed contained a list of 205 "card-carrying Communists in the State Department."2003 February 17, Leslie Feinberg, “'Lavender scare'!”, in Workers World
    Synonyms:
    red-tagger

Questions about red-baiters

What is red-baiters the plural of?
Red-baiters is the plural of red-baiter.

Words near red-baiters in the dictionary

  1. red-backed shrikes
  2. red-backs
  3. red-bait
  4. red-baited
  5. red-baiter
  6. red-baiters
  7. red-baiting
  8. red-baits
  9. red-banded sand wasp
  10. red-banded sand wasps
  11. red-bellied black snake

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