“blackbirder”的英英意思

单词	blackbirder
释义	blackbirder|ˈblækbɜːdə(r)| [f. blackbirding + -er1.] A man or a vessel engaged in blackbirding or slave-traffic. 1883All Year Round 22 Sept. 355 Blackbirders, the kidnappers for labour purposes on the islands of the Pacific.1888W. B. Churchward Blackbirding 126 You see the harm those cussed blackbirders do in the islands.Ibid. 163 That chap whose throat I cut on board the blackbirder.1928New Statesman 28 July 507/2 Polynesians in their wild state..were..shipped to Australia by enterprising gentlemen called blackbirders.1969Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 9 Feb. 4/1 After 20 years as a ‘blackbirder’, Buttray had returned to the more respectable coastal service.

　

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