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merchantman - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'merchantman' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Merchantman [ n.]
- A merchant.
- A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Meaning of 'merchantman' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . merchantman [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a cargo ship
Example in sentence:
  • they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

Nearby Words:

meracious mercable mercantile mercaptal mercaptan mercaptide mercat mercatante mercator's chart mercature

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