merchantman
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- noun
- /ˈmɜrʧəntˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
nave mercante
- During the storm, the merchantman struggled against the waves, but its sturdy design kept it afloat.
- British merchantman
Examples
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Picked up three survivors "from the Fort James British merchantman and hospital ship.
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It's a ship, a merchantman !
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What's the sense of waiting around for some lumbering merchantman?
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It's a requisitioned merchantman...the... Diligent.
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Near the eastern end of the harbor, there is evidence of an ancient catastrophe: 15 ships, including Pulak's merchantman and galley, that all sank at the same time, about A.D. 1000.
Academic text (2007) -
With national honor at stake, the F-16s from Ankara and Athens were warming up their engines when Nina dove on the wreck and identified it as a Syrian merchantman.
Fiction book (2000) -
Close enough to make her name: Perseverance, a first-class merchantman out of—by Jove—there's a sterncastle for you—glazed and rearing high as a cathedral wall!
Fiction book (2001) -
The merchantman sailed smoothly across the ocean, carrying valuable goods to distant ports.
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The captain of the merchantman carefully navigated through the busy shipping lanes to avoid collisions.
Synonyms
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4.0
A large ship that carries goods between ports for sale
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9.9
A ship, especially one used to carry goods
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3.4
A ship that carries goods to sell
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5.1
A ship that carries goods or passengers for business and is not part of a navy
A ship or crew member that carries goods in space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Merchantman The word merchantman comes from merchant, a person who sells goods as in merchandise, and man, meaning 'person'. So, a merchantman is 'a merchant's ship', a ship that carries goods for trade.