merchant navy
merchant marine
noun
the ships or crew engaged in a nation's commercial shipping
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Example sentences from the Web for merchant navy
A fresh sally on the part of the fleet did not suffice to protect the merchant-navy, the losses of which were considerable.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume GuizotThe merchant-navy of England was fast widening its sphere of commerce.
History of the English People|John Richard Green