Merchantman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A ship used in commerce.
  • n. Archaic A merchant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. merchant
  • n. a cargo ship -- engaged in commercial activities, as opposed to a warship
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A merchant.
  • n. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, .
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A merchant.
  • n. A ship employed in the transportation of goods, as distinguished from a ship of war; a trading vessel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cargo ship
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    merchant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    privateer    men-of-war    gunboat    corvette    brig