单词 | contrabandist |
释义 | contrabandistn. One who carries on contraband traffic; a smuggler. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > smuggler lorendriver1649 smuggler1661 gentleman1726 contrabandist1813 fair trader1824 spotsman1827 contrabandista1832 1813 Columbian Centinel 28 Aug. 2/3 An expedition has been fitted out below to destroy the nest of French and creole Contrabandists and Pirates. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Contrabandist, he who trafficks illegally. 1828 W. S. Landor Wks. (1853) I. 332/1 Plunderers and contrabandists. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 52 It was proved that one of the contrabandists had provided the vessel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1813 |
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