sit-inner

English

Etymology

sit-in +‎ -er

Noun

sit-inner (plural sit-inners)

1. A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.
   • 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail:

     I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.

   • 1967, John M. Orbell, “Protest Participation among Southern Negro College Students”, in The American Political Science Review, volume 61, number 2, page 448:

     The interview schedule included two questions asking sit-inners for their perceptions of what their college administrators and professors thought about what they were doing.

   • 1998, Francesca Polletta, ““It Was like a Fever ...” Narrative and Identity in Social Protest”, in Social Problems, volume 45, number 2, page 145:

     The equation of student and sit-inner on a wide scale was in part the result of strategic framing efforts by representatives of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• intrinse