luddite

luddite is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

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1. noun. 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.
2. noun. one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
3. noun. any opponent of technological progress

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