blockade runner

noun

A vehicle, typically a naval one, with the purpose of transporting cargo across a military blockade.

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Meanings

nounblockade runner (plural blockade runners)

plural blockade runners

  1. A vehicle, typically a naval one, with the purpose of transporting cargo across a military blockade.

Translations

Czech lamač blokády
  • lamač blokádynautical: A ship used to get through a naval blockade
German Blockadebrecher
  • Blockadebrechernautical: A ship used to get through a naval blockade
Hebrew פּוֹרֵץ הֶסְגֵּר
  • פּוֹרֵץ הֶסְגֵּר (poréts hesgér)nautical: A ship used to get through a naval blockade
Cite this entry
APA

blockade runner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockade%20runner

MLA

“blockade runner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockade%20runner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blockade runner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockade%20runner.

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