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unionbuster

unionbuster noun: a person employed to prevent the formation or expansion of trade unions.

Noun

unionbuster (plural unionbusters)

  1. A person employed to prevent the formation or expansion of trade unions.
    • Not only is Hillary more reliant on large donations and corporate money than her Democratic rivals, warned the article, but advisers in her inner circle are closely affiliated with unionbusters, G.O.P. operatives, conservative media and other Democratic Party antagonists.2007 November 5, Paul Krugman, “Wobbled by Wealth?”, in New York Times

Forms of unionbuster

pluralunionbusters

Origin of unionbuster

From union + buster.

Questions about unionbuster

What does unionbuster mean?
Unionbuster means a person employed to prevent the formation or expansion of trade unions.
What part of speech is unionbuster?
Unionbuster is a noun.
What is the plural of unionbuster?
The plural of unionbuster is unionbusters.

Words near unionbuster in the dictionary

  1. union wage premiums
  2. Union-jack
  3. unional
  4. unionall
  5. unionalls
  6. unionbuster
  7. unionbusters
  8. unionbusting
  9. Uniondale
  10. unioned
  11. unioneer

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