the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who pursues a dangerous or illegal trade at night, as a smuggler; specifically, in the southern United States, an illicit distiller. Also called moonlighter.
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n. someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
Word Usage
"Instead of that, the moonshiner was a living interrogation point, everything about him seeming to speak the question that fell from his lips."