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Vaccine Revolt

Vaccine Revolt proper noun: a period of civil disorder that occurred from 10 to 16 November 1904, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to government officials entering homes to administer smallpox vaccines by force.

Proper noun

Vaccine Revolt

  1. (historical) A period of civil disorder that occurred from 10 to 16 November 1904, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to government officials entering homes to administer smallpox vaccines by force.

Origin of Vaccine Revolt

Calque of Portuguese Revolta da Vacina.

Questions about Vaccine Revolt

What does Vaccine Revolt mean?
Vaccine Revolt means a period of civil disorder that occurred from 10 to 16 November 1904, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to government officials entering homes to administer smallpox vaccines by force.
What part of speech is Vaccine Revolt?
Vaccine Revolt is a proper noun.

Words near Vaccine Revolt in the dictionary

  1. vaccine nationalism
  2. vaccine passport
  3. vaccine passports
  4. vaccine point
  5. vaccine points
  6. Vaccine Revolt
  7. vaccine shopper
  8. vaccine shoppers
  9. vaccine shopping
  10. vaccine-injured
  11. vaccine-shop

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