blackbirder

noun

black·​bird·​er ˈblak-ˌbər-dər 

1

: a person who blackbirds

2

: a ship used in blackbirding

Examples of blackbirder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Slave catchers, known as man-stealers or blackbirders, hunted for runaways and scooped up free blacks if authentic runaways were not to be found. — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1