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.
- meta-abelian
- meta-acid
- meta-analysis
- meta-analyst
- meta-analytic
- meta-antimonate
- metabasis
- metabasite
- metabelian
- metabiological
- metabiology
- metabiosis
- metabiotic
- metabisulphite
- metabletic
- metabletics
- metabole
- metabolic
- metabolic acidosis
- metabolic alkalosis
- metabolically
- metabolic pathway
- metabolic pool
- metabolic rate
- metabolic syndrome