moonshiner

noun

moon·​shin·​er ˈmün-ˌshī-nər How to pronounce moonshiner (audio)
: a maker or seller of illicit whiskey

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It was built by moonshiners, mechanics, grinders, and geniuses who knew that winning meant everything. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Its residents were the usual suspects—moonshiners, prohibition runners, alligator skinners, and plume hunters, who, at the beginning of the 20th century, were slowly decimating the bird population to support the fashion for exotic feathers in women’s hats. Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025 His family had fled North Little Rock, Arkansas to Kansas City after his father, a moonshiner, was chased out of town by law enforcement, for killing a white man over a moonshine business conflict. J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025 That car was also a very popular model for moonshiners in the southeastern part of the country as with minor modifications, the coupe could carry up to 130 gallons of moonshine and outrun the revenuers with the hot 85 HP V8 engine. David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for moonshiner

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of moonshiner was in 1860

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“Moonshiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonshiner. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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