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Lud•dite



Pronunciation: (lud'īt), [key]
n.
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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