blackbirder
/blak-bur-der/US // ˈblækˌbɜr dər //
黑鸟,黑衣人,黑人,黑鸟人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person or ship illegally engaged in the slave trade, especially in the Pacific.
Examples
He recruited gangs of Chinese coolies with an efficiency which would have put an oldtime blackbirder to shame.
The authorities, they get worried because a Kanaka's spree lands him, like as not, in a blackbirder.
They say he used to be a pirate and blackbirder and that he can tell strange yarns if he will—but that's all talk.
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