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blackbirder
[ blak-bur-der ]
/ ˈblækˌbɜr dər /
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noun
(formerly) a person or ship illegally engaged in the slave trade, especially in the Pacific.
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How to use blackbirder in a sentence
He recruited gangs of Chinese coolies with an efficiency which would have put an oldtime blackbirder to shame.
Greener Than You Think|Ward MooreThe authorities, they get worried because a Kanaka's spree lands him, like as not, in a blackbirder.
They say he used to be a pirate and blackbirder and that he can tell strange yarns if he will—but that's all talk.
The Pirate Shark|Elliott Whitney