boycott English · revision 34

+ ==Etymology==

+ From the name of Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832–1897), an English land agent in Ireland,^(AHD)^(RHWU) who in 1880 was ostracized by the Irish Land League for refusing to lower his tenants' rents.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) The word was used as both noun and verb from 1880,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and was quickly adopted by newspapers in other languages, as far off as Japanese.^(Etymonline) The family name is from a place in England.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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