Definition of Merchantman. Meaning of Merchantman. Synonyms of Merchantman

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Definition of Merchantman

Merchantman
Merchantman 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.

Meaning of Merchantman from wikipedia

- A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries p****engers for hire. This is in contrast...
- An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy...
- The Miles Merchantman was a scaled-up and four-engined development of the Miles Aerovan light freighter. It flew in 1947 but the design was abandoned...
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- into freighters during the early 1970s, those from BEA becoming the Merchantman. As a freighter, the type remained in service for many years, the final...
- (hired merchantman) Nonsuch 40 President 40 Richard and Martha 40 (hired merchantman) Portsmouth 38 Anthony Bonaventure 36 (hired merchantman) Hound 36...
- detached (excluding the five which rejoined during the battle), the merchantman Good Hope had been captured by the Dutch on 20 May, the Merlin was in...
- Success 30 (merchantman) Ruth 30 (merchantman) Brazil frigate 24 (merchantman) Malaga Merchant 30 (merchantman) Increase 36 (merchantman, Thomas Varvell)...
- Tchernyshev 22 (hired British merchantman) Graf Panin 18 (hired British merchantman) Graf Orlov 18 (hired British merchantman) Sv. Pavel 8 (details uncertain)...