When they came for the trade unionists, I said nothing, because I was not a trade unionist.
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Unionist
//ˈjuː.ni.ə.nɪst//
Synonyms for "unionist" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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23 translations across 13 languages.
Czech
1 entries- odborář noun (trade unionist)
Finnish
3 entries- ammattiliiton jäsen noun (trade unionist)
- ammattiyhdistyksen jäsen noun (trade unionist)
- unionisti noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
French
1 entries- syndicaliste noun (trade unionist)
Galician
1 entries- sindicalista noun (trade unionist)
German
2 entries- Gewerkschafter noun (trade unionist)
- Gewerkschaftler noun (trade unionist)
Hungarian
3 entries- szakszervezet(ek) híve noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
- szakszervezeti rendszer híve noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
- szakszervezeti tag noun (trade unionist)
Irish
3 entries- aondachtóir noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
- aontachtaí noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
- ceardchumannaí noun (trade unionist)
Italian
1 entries- operaistico noun (trade unionist)
Manx
1 entries- keird-heshaghtagh noun (trade unionist)
Polish
1 entries- związkowiec noun (trade unionist)
Portuguese
1 entries- sindicalista noun (trade unionist)
Slovene
3 entries- sindikalist noun (trade unionist)
- sindikalistka noun (trade unionist)
- unionist noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
Spanish
2 entries- sindicalista noun (advocate or supporter of unionism)
- sindicalista noun (trade unionist)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
When the Nazis came for the communists, I said nothing, because I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I said nothing, because I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I said nothing, because I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left who could protest.
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