intelligent contraband
US
noun
(During the American Civil War) a slave, especially a fugitive or captured slave in Union-occupied territory.
- Such slaves often provided military intelligence to the Union forces..
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- nitrocellulose
- nitrochalk
- nitro-compound
- nitrocotton
- nitro-derivative
- nitroethane
- nitroform
- nitrofuran
- nitrofurantoin
- nitrofurazone
- nitrogen
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenated
- nitrogenation
- nitrogen balance
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogeneous
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen fixer
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenic
- nitrogenisation
- nitrogenise