Pronunciation: 'l&-"dIt
Function: noun
Etymology: After Ned Ludd, an English laborer who was supposed to have destroyed weaving machinery around 1779.
1 : Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.
2 : One who opposes technical or technological change.
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