red-baiter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US) A person who practices red-baiting.
On Feb. 9, 1950, notorious red-baiter Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) waved a piece of paper before the cameras that he claimed contained a list of 205 "card-carrying Communists in the State Department."
2003 February 17, Leslie Feinberg, “'Lavender scare'!”, in Workers World:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| red-baiters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |