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sit-inner

noun

Etymology

From sit-in + -er.

Definitions

  1. A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.

    • I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.
    • The interview schedule included two questions asking sit-inners for their perceptions of what their college administrators and professors thought about what they were doing.
    • The equation of student and sit-inner on a wide scale was in part the result of strategic framing efforts by representatives of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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