Meanings
plural moonshiners
- Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol).
Near-synonyms: bootlegger; rum-runner
1 more example
Ness was assigned to track down moonshiners, then accepted the position of public safety director in Cleveland — not the stuff of a two-fisted series about G-men taking on the Mafia and various crazed outlaws of the period.
2007 May 27, Vincent Cosgrove, “Bullets in the Beer? Eliot Ness Must Be Back”, in New York TimesSynonyms: shiner, moonlighter, bootlegger, rum-runner · Antonyms: revenuer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol).
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Italian distillatore, distillatrice
- distillatoresomeone who makes or distributes moonshine
- distillatricesomeone who makes or distributes moonshine
Polish bimbrarz, bimbrownik
- bimbrarzsomeone who makes or distributes moonshine
- bimbrowniksomeone who makes or distributes moonshine
- bimbrowniczkasomeone who makes or distributes moonshine
Russian самого́нщик, самого́нщица
- самого́нщик (samogónščik)someone who makes or distributes moonshine
- самого́нщица (samogónščica)someone who makes or distributes moonshine
Cite this entry
moonshiner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonshiner
“moonshiner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonshiner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moonshiner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonshiner.
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