rum-runner
English
noun
Definitions
- (US) an alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
- the fast boats used by these smugglers.
Etymology
Compound from English rum (excellent, fine, good) + English runner.
Origin
English
runner
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rum-ville English
- antirum English
- baserunner English
- bladerunner English
- bookrunner English
- conrunner English
- forerunner English
- frontrunner English
- gunrunner English
- logrunner English
- nonrunner English
- racerunner English
- roadrunner English
- rum English
- rumbud English
- rumless English
- rumly English
- rummish English
- rumness English
- rumpot English
- rumrunner English
- rumrunning English
- rumseller English
- rumshop English
- run English
- runner English
- runnerless English
- showrunner English
- stonerunner English
- ultrarunner English
- Rum German
- rum Italian
- runner Italian
- rum Dutch, Flemish
- rhum French
- ром Russian
- runner Spanish, Castilian
- rom Norwegian Bokmål
- rum Polish
- rom Norwegian Nynorsk
- rennere Middle English
- rum Irish
- rom Catalan, Valencian
- รัม Thai
- ရမ် Burmese
- ром Ukrainian
- 럼 Korean
- ром Belarusian
- ram Tok Pisin