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A person engaged in demonstrations outside a factory, store, etc. to protest labor conditions; Also: A person engaged in a demonstration against government politices, actions, stationed outside a government office building, embassy, etc.

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  • He allegedly shot and killed a picketer in self-defence.
  • Another shot of the Alameda gate -- a picketer and friend.
  • Seems like she's caught between a rock and a whiny picketer bada-boom!
  • The picketer then said to my husband, “You can reverse those, you know!”
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