Thank the Irish for Coining the Term “Boycott”
The word “boycott” originates from the name of Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland in the late 19th century. In 1880, during the Irish Land War, Boycott worked for Lord Erne, a landowner in County Mayo. The Land War involved Irish tenant farmers seeking fair rents and security of tenure, and was […]
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