"moonshiner" meaning in All languages combined

See moonshiner on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: moonshiners [plural]
Etymology: From moonshine + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|moonshine|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From moonshine + -er., {{ety|en|:af|moonshine|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English moonshine Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English moonshiner From moonshine + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonshiner (plural moonshiners)
  1. Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol). Synonyms: shiner (english: clipped), moonlighter [rare], bootlegger, rum-runner Hypernyms: smuggler, outlaw, criminal Translations (someone who makes or distributes moonshine): distillatore [masculine] (Italian), distillatrice [feminine] (Italian), bimbrarz [masculine, uncommon] (Polish), bimbrownik [masculine] (Polish), bimbrowniczka [feminine] (Polish), самого́нщик (samogónščik) [masculine] (Russian), самого́нщица (samogónščica) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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