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She can only try to beat the blockader.

From Time Magazine Archive

My master was the captain of the Floridian, and we came out here to see if there was any blockader near, that had come up in the fog.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

"Schooner, ahoy!" shouted the officer of a boat sent off by the nearest blockader.

From Within The Enemy's Lines by Optic, Oliver

For all the rest of the year the Bellevite remained on duty as a blockader off Fort Morgan.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

She was clearly a blockade-runner, freighted with the chief products of the country, and had been waiting a chance to slip out past the blockader, and run for some friendly port.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.