"sitter-in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sitters-in [plural]
Etymology: From sit in or sit-in. Head templates: {{en-noun|sitters-in}} sitter-in (plural sitters-in)
  1. One who attends a class, meeting, etc.
    Sense id: en-sitter-in-en-noun-eVuerNJE
  2. One who takes part in a sit-in protest.
    Sense id: en-sitter-in-en-noun-UfyxmTRQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sitters-in",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960, LIFE, volume 49, number 12, page 42:",
          "text": "Except for a few adult leaders like the Rev. Robert Williams, shown below conducting a strategy seminar, the sitters-in are youngsters like Virginius Bray Thornton who, at right, is leading a march through Petersburg.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who takes part in a sit-in protest."
      ],
      "id": "en-sitter-in-en-noun-UfyxmTRQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sit-in",
          "sit-in"
        ],
        [
          "protest",
          "protest"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sit in or sit-in.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sitters-in",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who attends a class, meeting, etc."
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    },
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        }
      ],
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        "One who takes part in a sit-in protest."
      ],
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          "sit-in"
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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}

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