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Luddite  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.





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"Luddite" Quotes from Famous Books



... through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work. The troubles which occurred in various parts of the country were known as the Luddite Riots, and the secret body which organized them was called King or General Lud. In the present story I have endeavored to give you an idea of the state of things which prevailed in Yorkshire, where, among the croppers and others employed in the ...
— Through the Fray - A Tale of the Luddite Riots • G. A. Henty


Words linked to "Luddite" :   adversary, opposer, working man, workman, working person, workingman, antagonist, resister, opponent


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