MERCHANTMAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cargo ship

Example:

they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

Synonyms:

bottom; freighter; merchant ship; merchantman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("merchantman" is a kind of...):

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

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