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Luddite

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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Luddite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/luddite.html. 1828.
 
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