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PRONUNCIATION OF GOMPERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOMPERS

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Gompers is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GOMPERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gompers

Samuel Gompers

Samuel Gompers was an English-born American cigar maker who became a labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted "thorough" organization and collective bargaining to secure shorter hours and higher wages, the first essential steps, he believed, to emancipating labor. He also encouraged the AFL to take political action to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies". During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership.

Definition of Gompers in the English dictionary

The definition of Gompers in the dictionary is Samuel. 1850–1924, US labour leader, born in England; a founder of the American Federation of Labor and its president.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOMPERS


calipers
ˈkælɪpəz
callipers
ˈkælɪpəz
capers
ˈkeɪpəz
champers
ˈʃæmpəz
choppers
ˈtʃɒpəz
clippers
ˈklɪpəz
endpapers
ˈɛndpeɪpəz
jeepers
ˈdʒiːpəz ˈkriːpəz
jodhpurs
ˈdʒɒdpəz
lampers
ˈlæmpəz
nippers
ˈnɪpəz
pampas
ˈpæmpəz
papers
ˈpeɪpəz
paratroopers
ˈpærəˌtruːpəz
peepers
ˈpiːpəz
rompers
ˈrɒmpəz
vespers
ˈvɛspəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOMPERS

Gombe
gombeen
gombeen-man
gombeenism
Gomberg
gombo
gombroon
Gomel
gomer
gomeril
Gomorrah
Gomorrean
Gomorrha
Gomorrhean
gompa
gomphoses
gomphosis
Gomulka

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOMPERS

adoption papers
call-up papers
case papers
Chinese whispers
finders keepers
go like the clappers
hair clippers
hedge clippers
identification papers
identity papers
Jaspers
jeepers creepers
nail clippers
naturalization papers
on one´s uppers
Pickwick Papers
quality papers
Seven Sleepers
walking papers
working papers

Synonyms and antonyms of Gompers in the English dictionary of synonyms

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龚帕斯
1,325 millions of speakers

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Gompers
570 millions of speakers

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Gompers
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Gompers
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Gompers
280 millions of speakers

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Гомперс
278 millions of speakers

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Gompers
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Gompers
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Gompers
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Gompers
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gompers
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Gompers
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곰 퍼스
85 millions of speakers

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Gompers
85 millions of speakers
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Gompers
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கோம்பெர்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोफर
75 millions of speakers

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Gompers
70 millions of speakers

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Gompers
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Gompers
50 millions of speakers

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Гомперс
40 millions of speakers

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Gompers
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Γκόμπερς
15 millions of speakers
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Gompers
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Gompers
10 millions of speakers
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Gompers
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gompers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOMPERS»

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1
The Venture Capital Cycle
An analysis of the venture capital process, from fund-raising through investing to exiting investments; a new edition with major revisions and six new chapters that reflect the latest research.
Paul Alan Gompers, Joshua Lerner, 2004
2
Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in America
This thoughtful book clarifies the main forces that operated during the life of Samuel Gompers & also identifies the economic & social background against which Samuel Gompers acted.
Harold C. Livesay, 1993
3
Prisms of Light...Reflections of Shattered Glass
Sigmund and Annie Klein and their two small children are among the desperate hordes begging for survival. This is the true story of what happened to them: how they overcame the heartaches and hardships they endured.
Gertrude Klein Gompers, 2010
4
Entrepreneurial Finance: A Casebook
HOW ARE ENTREPRENEURIAL INVESTMENTS FINANCED? WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HARVEST A VENTURE? Find answers to these questions and more in Paul Gompers and William Sahlman's new book, Entrepreneurial Finance: A Casebook.
Paul A. Gompers, William Sahlman, 2002
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The Samuel Gompers Papers: Progress and Reaction in the Age ...
Asserting that the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia had acquitted SG and that the U.S. Supreme Court was unlikely to overturn this ruling, Kauisky concluded "Gompers will scarcely go to jail and become a martyr." 6. Ludwig Konig, a ...
Peter J. Albert, Samuel Gompers, Grace Palladino, 2000
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Taking care of business: Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane ...
The book explains why policies and practices at the highest levels of labour came to be counter-productive to workers' interests - a pattern the authors speculate may have been disrupted by the 1995 election of John Sweeney's "New Slate" in ...
Paul Buhle, 1999
7
Debate Between Samuel Gompers and Henry J. Allen at Carnegie ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Samuel Gompers, 2012
8
Samuel Gompers and the origins of the American Federation of ...
Contends that the principles underlying Marx's First International influenced Gompers' objectives and the establishment of the American Federation of Labor
Stuart Bruce Kaufman, 1973
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The Samuel Gompers Papers: A national labor movement takes ...
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and James O' Connell, grand master of the International Association of Machinists, arrived in this city yesterday from Washington. On their arrival the well-known labor leaders  ...
Stuart Bruce Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, Grace Palladino, 1991
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Labor Leaders in America
Yet in the latter part of his life both Gompers' industrial and his political policies, not unlike those pursued by Booker T. Washington on behalf of American blacks, betrayed an unfortunate tendency to place too much trust in those leaders of ...
Melvyn Dubofsky, Warren R. Van Tine, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOMPERS»

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Gest, Marlene Violet "Molly" "Marley"
When her sons were older, she worked for three Madison schools: Gompers, Sherman and Lakeview. She spent 26 years at Lakeview working ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
2
Radioactive Frack Waste Processed in Martins Ferry
Wheeling businessmen Quay Mull and Joseph N. Gompers purchased the once-thriving Martins Ferry steel mill for $2 million out of RG Steel's ... «Wheeling Intelligencer, Jul 15»
3
San Diego Unified receives $1.8M in conservation grants
... practices at three area schools along Chollas Creek: Millennial Tech Middle School, Gompers Preparatory Academy and Horton Elementary. «San Diego Source, Jul 15»
4
This Day, July 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
1894: Samuel Gompers expressed his support for the striking Pullman workers. He said that if Pullman's claim that the company could not raise ... «Cleveland Jewish News, Jul 15»
5
Portland restaurant and bar events -- Week of 7/8 - 7/14
... include Stoller Vineyards, Dobbes Family Estate, Gompers Gin, Deschutes Brewery, Owen Roe Cellars, Portland Creamery and new venues, ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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John Lewis Helps Bring Comic-Con to At-Risk Youth
... of the ongoing comic — Aydin told HOH he's plugging away on “Book Three” now — to Gompers Preparatory Academy, Lincoln High School, ... «Roll Call, Jul 15»
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AP Calls Crippled Economy 'Healthy' Amid Mass Immigration
... the greatest commercial and industrial countries in the world,”American Federation of Labor (AFL) president Samuel Gompers wrote in 1921. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Voice of the people
I'm sure labor would push for Samuel Gompers or Mother Jones. No doubt John D. Rockefeller would be the darling of big oil. When I was a ... «Huntington Herald Dispatch, Jul 15»
9
Calvin Coolidge the most underappreciated president of the last …
When union leader Samuel Gompers butted in with a compromise because public reaction against the strikers was hurting all unions, Coolidge ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
10
Hail a hero: Thanks Frank Kameny
The father of the labor movement, Samuel Gompers. And now, Frank Kameny. All his life he was told he didn't belong, and he suffered for it ... «Wisconsin Gazette, Jul 15»

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