bootlegger

English

Etymology

From bootleg +‎ -er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.

Noun

bootlegger (plural bootleggers)

1. An illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol.

Translations

illegal trader

• Finnish: salakauppias, trokari (fi), viinatrokari (fi) (of alcohol)
• French: bootlegger (fr), trafiquant (fr) m
• German: Schwarzhändler (de) m
• Italian: contrabbandiere (it), trafficante (it) m

• Japanese: 密売者 (みつばいしゃ, mitsubaisha)
• Russian: бутле́гер (ru) m (butléger) (US), незако́нный торго́вец спиртны́ми напи́тками m (nezakónnyj torgóvec spirtnými napítkami)
• Spanish: traficante (es) m or f, contrabandista m or f

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French

Etymology

From English bootlegger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.ɔ.tlɛɡ.ʒe/

• Audio (Toulouse, France):

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Noun

bootlegger m (plural bootleggers)

1. bootlegger

Further reading

• “bootlegger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.