Usually means: Smuggler of alcohol during Prohibition.
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  1. rumrunner: Merriam-Webster
  2. rumrunner: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rumrunner: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rumrunner: Vocabulary.com
  5. rumrunner: Wiktionary
  6. rumrunner: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. rumrunner: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. rumrunner: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. rumrunner: Dictionary.com
  10. Rumrunner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. rumrunner: Rhymezone
  12. rumrunner: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rumrunner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. rumrunner: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See rum-running as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rumrunner)

noun:  An illegal smuggler of rum.
noun:  (by extension) A smuggler of any alcoholic drink.
noun:  A boat used for smuggling illicit alcoholic drinks.
noun:  A go-fast boat; a powerboat of the type associated with the smuggling of rum.

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