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Eponym

Boycott

Boycott

To refuse to buy, use or join something as a protest.

The villagers boycotted the shop that cheated them.

Remember: From Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland whose neighbours refused to deal with him in 1880.

Short lessonCapitonyms & eponymsA capital letter can change a meaning, and some words began as people's names.

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