blockade-runner

[ blo-keyd-ruhn-er ]

/ blɒˈkeɪdˌrʌn ər /

a ship or person that passes through a blockade.

Origin of blockade-runner

First recorded in 1860–65

block·ade-run·ning, noun

My despatch boats chased the blockade-runner close to Syra harbour, both parties keeping up a warm running fight.

Sketches From My Life |Hobart Pasha
Swartz, the secret agent, blockade-runner, and "best spy in the Federal army" was before me.

Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins |John Esten Cooke
The necessary alterations to fit her for a blockade-runner were at once commenced.

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner |John Wilkinson
A blockade-runner like the Kate, which made forty trips or more, would enrich her owners almost beyond the dreams of avarice.

The Civil War Through the Camera |Henry W. (Henry William) Elson

The Virginius was a steamer which was built in England during the civil war, and was used as a blockade-runner.

Cuba |Arthur D. Hall