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blackbirder

/blak-bur-der/US // ˈblækˌbɜr dər //

黑鸟,黑衣人,黑人,黑鸟人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.