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—picketer, n./pik"it/, n.1. a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.2. a person stationed by a union or the like outside a factory, store, mine, etc., in order to dissuade or prevent workers or customers from entering it during a strike.3. a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project, etc.4. Mil. a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance.5. Navy, Air Force. an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty.v.t.6. to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection, imprisonment, etc.: to picket a lawn; to picket captives.7. to fasten or tether to a picket.8. to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, store, mine, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration.9. Mil.a. to guard, as with pickets.b. to post as a picket.v.i.10. to stand or march as a picket.[1680-90; < F piquet. See PIKE2, -ET]
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Universalium. 2010.