| Pronunciation: | | 'murchuntmun
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" |
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MERCHANTMAN is a 11 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | bottom, freighter, merchant ship |
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| | See Also: | | cargo ship, cargo vessel |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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