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sit-inner

sit-inner noun: a nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.

Noun

sit-inner (plural sit-inners)

  1. A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.
    • I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.1963, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
    • The interview schedule included two questions asking sit-inners for their perceptions of what their college administrators and professors thought about what they were doing.1967, John M. Orbell, “Protest Participation among Southern Negro College Students”, in The American Political Science Review, volume 61, number 2, page 448

Forms of sit-inner

pluralsit-inners

Origin of sit-inner

From sit-in + -er.

Questions about sit-inner

What does sit-inner mean?
Sit-inner means a nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.
What part of speech is sit-inner?
Sit-inner is a noun.
What is the plural of sit-inner?
The plural of sit-inner is sit-inners.

Words near sit-inner in the dictionary

  1. sit-down money
  2. sit-downer
  3. sit-downers
  4. sit-downs
  5. sit-in
  6. sit-inner
  7. sit-inners
  8. sit-ins
  9. sit-lie
  10. sit-on
  11. sit-on-top

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