Runman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Runman is a noun meaning (historical) A deserter from a ship of war.
Meaning
(historical) A deserter from a ship of war.
Example Sentences
The problem became so acute that the American ships moved across the bay to Algeziras because the English commanders "have treated us with great indignity and protected runmen, or deserters and refused to give them up and anchored so close as a further inducement for them to swim to the English ships."
Word Forms
- runmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include runagate, mutine, rumrunner, ruffler, run-awayer, rogue.
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