"moonshiner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonshiners [plural]
Etymology: From moonshine + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moonshine|er}} moonshine + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonshiner (plural moonshiners)
  1. Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol). Categories (topical): People Synonyms: shiner#English:_moonshiner, alcohol maker (english: clipped), moonlighter#English:_moonshiner, alcohol maker [rare] 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)

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