Meaning of LUDDITE
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- [n] one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
- [n] any opponent of technological progress
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| | See Also: | | adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, working man, working person, workman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lud"dite\, n.
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving
machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so
called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years
previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. H.
Martineau.
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