Laborite

[ ley-buh-rahyt ]

noun

1. a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
2. (lowercase) an advocate or member of a labor union or movement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Laborite¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; labor + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Britain under Boris Johnson has no true successor to May under the Conservative John Major as well as the New Laborite Tony Blair, but a largely secret advisory committee—unlike the open if contentious relationship between Donald Trump and his advisors.

From Scientific American

As far as I knew, Regev had never before spoken about growing up in a Laborite home.

From New York Times

Playboy‘s Hugh Hefner took a whack on the backside… The police even victimized a member of the British Parliament, Mrs. Anne Kerr, a vacationing Laborite who was Maced outside the Conrad Hilton and hustled off to the lockup. …”The force used was the force that was necessary,” insisted Police Superintendent James Conlisk Jr.

From Time

He finds the breezy condescension of a Laborite like Herzog almost as hard to swallow as the contempt of someone like Lieberman.

From The New Yorker

"United," he says, sounding like a seasoned adult laborite, "we as child workers can achieve anything."

From Time