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blackbirder

noun

Etymology

From blackbird + -er.

  1. inherited from blakebird
  2. suffixed as blackbirder — “blackbird + er”

Definitions

  1. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).

  2. A ship used for blackbirding

    A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.

  3. A slavecatcher

    • Runaway slaves and free blacks were constantly being kidnapped by New York City’s many “Blackbirders,” slave-catching bounty hunters who deported their captures to the plantations.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA