Plural of harborer; multiple people who provide shelter, refuge, or protection; those who hide or conceal others.
Simple plural formation of 'harborer' by adding '-s.' The underlying term traces back to Old English 'herberge' meaning shelter, with the agent suffix '-er' creating the person noun.
In colonial America, 'harborers of fugitive slaves' faced severe penalties, yet many were celebrated by abolitionists—the same word could mark a criminal or a hero depending on which laws and moral codes you recognized, showing how language reflects moral and legal conflicts.
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