strikebreaker

English

Etymology

strike +‎ breaker

Noun

strikebreaker (plural strikebreakers)

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

Synonyms

scab (pejorative)
blackleg (pejorative)
scalie (pejorative)

Related terms

strikebreaking

Translations

worker hired to replace a striking worker

Belarusian: штрэйкбрэхер m (štrejkbréxjer)
Catalan: esquirol (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工賊 (zh), 工贼 (zh) (gōngzéi)
Czech: stávkokaz (cs) m
Danish: skruebrækker
Dutch: stakingsbreker (nl)
Estonian: streigimurdja
Finnish: rikkuri (fi)
French: briseur de grève (fr) m, jaune (fr)
Galician: esquirol m, crebafolgas (gl) m or f, quebrafolgas m or f
Georgian: შტრაიკბრეხერი (šṭraiḳbrexeri)
German: Streikbrecher (de) m

Greek: απεργοσπάστης (el) m (apergospástis)
Irish: bristeoir stailce m
Italian: crumiro (it) m, crumira (it) f
Japanese: スト破り (suto-yaburi)
Manx: neustholkeyr m
Polish: łamistrajk (pl) m
Portuguese: fura-greve (pt)
Russian: штрейкбре́хер (ru) m (štrejkbréxer)
Spanish: rompehuelgas m or f, esquirol (es) m (Spain), carnero (es) m (River Plate region)
Swedish: svartfot (sv) c, guling (sv) c
Tagalog: eskirol
Ukrainian: штрейкбрехер m (štrejkbréxer)

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