rum-runner

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See also: rumrunner, and rum runner

English

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Etymology

From rum +‎ runner.

Noun

rum-runner (plural rum-runners)

  1. (US, Canada) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
    Antonym: revenuer
    Hypernyms: smuggler; < outlaw, criminal
    Near-synonyms: bootlegger; moonshiner, shiner
  2. A fast boat used by these smugglers.
    Hypernyms: go-fast boat; < powerboat; < boat; < vessel
    Coordinate terms: cigarette boat; blockade runner
  3. Any fast boat of the sort.
    Synonyms: go-fast boat; cigarette boat
    Hypernyms: powerboat; < boat; < vessel
    Near-synonym: speedboat