contrabandist
Americannoun
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Origin of contrabandist
From the Spanish word contrabandista, dating back to 1810–20. See contraband, -ist
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They are peculiar to her clime, and are as much before the brigand of Italy, the contrabandist of Spain, or the cut-purse of France—as her sailors are before all the rest of the world.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
With the confidence which the contrabandist inspired in him he asked him for money.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Frances Douglas
Our Dutch friend Gist was, correctly speaking, a contrabandist.
From Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 by Unknown
The song is as unceasing as the bells, unless when interrupted by a pull at the wine bota, or by the narration of some wild story of bandit cruelty or contrabandist daring.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
At this juncture came the famous blockade runner, the Arkadi, a most successful contrabandist of the American war, and at every trip she made she carried away a number of women and children.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by William James Stillman
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