blockade-runner
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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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blockade′-run`ner
n.
a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
[1860–65]
block•ade′-run`ning, n.
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