Indiaman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The vessels found near Chesil Beach could be the Dutch West Indiaman 'De Hoop' which stranded at Chesil Cove in 1749 and British cargo vessel 'Squirrel' which stranded on Chesil Beach in 1750.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2017
One of the most richly colored and atmospheric of these is “A Trading Junk” from the 19th century, with an Indiaman flying the Company flag anchored in the background.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011
The Times, founded by Printer John Walter in 1785 to help keep his printing presses busy, in 1884 was "a stately East Indiaman of a newspaper, sailing under a still almost cloudless Victorian sky."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Cocos Islands have belonged to the Ross dynasty ever since John Clunies-Ross I, Scottish skipper of an East Indiaman, settled there with his family in 1827.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Jane, I go in six weeks; I have taken my berth in an East Indiaman which sails on the 20th of June.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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