blockade-runner

[blo-keyd-ruhn-er]

block·ade-run·ner

[blo-keyd-ruhn-er]
noun
a ship or person that passes through a blockade.

Origin:
1860–65

block·ade-run·ning, noun
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blockade-runner

noun
a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade 
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