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blockade-runner

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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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block·ade-run·ner   (blŏ-kād'rŭn'ər)
n.  One that penetrates or evades a blockade.
block·ade'-run'ning n.
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