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contrabander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-ban-der
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smuggler; a contrabandist.

Etymology

From contraband + -er.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

contrabanders (plural)

Questions

What does contrabander mean?
A smuggler; a contrabandist.
Where does contrabander come from?
From contraband + -er.

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