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The word derives from Captain Charles Boycott an Irish Land Agent for the Earl Erne. He evicted tenants from the land when they complained that the farm rents were too high. His workers stopped work, refused to leave the farms, businessmen stopped trading with him and the local postman refused to deliver his mail. Dated in 1880

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The word "Boycott" originates from the Irish Land-Wars when a man by the name of Charles Boycott was ostracize/Ignored by the greater community and his tenants.


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