blackbirder

English

Etymology

blackbird +‎ -er

Noun

blackbirder (plural blackbirders)

1. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
2. A ship used for blackbirding; a slaver.
3. (US) A slavecatcher
   • 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 22, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

     Runaway slaves and free blacks were constantly being kidnapped by New York City’s many “Blackbirders,” slave-catching bounty hunters who deported their captures to the plantations.