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    Which word entered the English language during the Irish war and is derived from the name of Army Captain who did not let people attend social functions?

    Question #72887. Asked by SPLENDOUR. (Dec 03 06 9:49 AM)


    DerekT

    		Boycott

    Dec 03 06, 10:10 AM
    zbeckabee

    		The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and is derived from the name of Captain Charles Boycott, the estate agent of an absentee landlord, the Earl Erne, in County Mayo, Ireland who was subject to social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. In September that year protesting tenants demanded from Boycott a substantial reduction in their rents. He not only refused but also ejected them from the land.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott


    Dec 03 06, 10:23 AM

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