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Poujade, Pierre (-Marie) (sh) and tasker (iou)


Poujade, Pierre (-Marie) (sh)




born Dec. 1, 1920, Saint-Cere, France
died Aug. 27, 2003, La Bastide-l'eveque

French political leader.

The owner of a bookstore in Saint-Cere, in 1953 he organized a local shopkeepers' strike to protest high taxation. Expanding his activities to Other towns, he enrolled 800,000 members in his Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans. His right-wing movement, known as Poujadism, attracted discontented farmers and merchants; in 1956 it won 52 seats in the National Assembly. Poujade's influence soon waned, but in the 1970s he founded an organization for nonunion workers.


tasker (iou)



tasker noun. Now rare. LME.
[from TASK verb + -ER1.]
A thresher who is paid according to the amount produced. LME.
b. gen. A person who works or is paid according to the amount produced or work done as opp. to the time taken; a piece-worker. Now dial. E17.
A person who assesses or regulates a rate or price for lodgings, goods, etc. M16-E17.
A person who imposes or sets a task; a taskmaster. L16.