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Meaning of MERCHANTMAN

Pronunciation:  'murchuntmun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
 

MERCHANTMAN is a 11 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchant ship
 
 See Also: cargo ship, cargo vessel

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mer"chant*man\, n.; pl. {Merchantmen}.
1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45.

2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of
   goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

 

 

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