Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member or supporter of a labor movement or union.
- noun A member of a political party representing labor.
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- noun politics A supporter of a
labor movement. - noun politics A member of a
political party supportinglabor .
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Examples
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Taking the piss out of folk in general that work and live in the real world not your laborite cooncil bubble.
Purcell - pay for your own Labour leadership bid Alan Smart 2009
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Taking the piss out of folk in general that work and live in the real world not your laborite cooncil bubble.
Archive 2009-03-01 Alan Smart 2009
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His 2011 candidacy was looking weak and there were rumors that Mr. Moyano, inspired by the success of Brazilian laborite Lula, had his eye on the job.
Argentina After Kirchner Mary Anastasia O 2010
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It's telling that in one scene, where Moore is interviewing an old British laborite who talks about the importance of taking care of each other, the camera pans fawningly on a mug that reads "Old Labor and Proud of It" and a plate with John F. Kennedy's likeness, an homage to an earlier Democrat presumably before the sell out Clintons.
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Ms. SHLAES: My husband's newspaper is a laborite paper.
The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy & What to do About it 1999
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A certain type of labor agitator, or a “parlor laborite,” prefer to see only the gloomy side of the worker's life.
Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker
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When Kerensky, who had been counted a laborite in the period of Czarism, joined the S.
From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909
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"United," he says, sounding like a seasoned adult laborite, "we as child workers can achieve anything."
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"United," he says, sounding like a seasoned adult laborite, "we as child workers can achieve anything."
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Rockholm was joined by Robert Weygandt and Kirk Uhler to carry the issue, but as more than one laborite pointed out, the board will soon change its political makeup, thanks to a recent election.
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