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runman

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A deserter from a ship of war.

historical

Examples

“The problem became so acute that the American ships moved across the bay to Algeziras because the English commanders "have⟳ treated us with great indignity and protected runmen, or deserters and refused to give⟳ them up and anchored so close⟳ as a further inducement for them to swim⟳ to the English ships."”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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