merchantman
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merchantmen
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noun
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Origin of merchantman
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It pulled a sailor off the deck of a nearby merchantman, and tossed him up to the top of a hill half a mile away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, he found himself on the "front porch" of an openwork biplane, learning to fly, then teaching himself the dangerous art of taking off from the deck of a merchantman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heavily outgunned, the merchantman made every shell count.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since it is more than difficult to provide for the passengers and crew of even a fair-sized merchantman inside a submarine, commerce raiding according to the Root Formula is virtually impossible.
From Time Magazine Archive
And one thing is certain, we can't disguise her to look like a merchantman.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
At his command, the Navy fought and won a number of battles with French warships harassing American merchantmen in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
On the third, fourth and seventh days of World War II he sank the British merchantmen Bosnia, Rio Claro and Gartavon respectively.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soviet merchantmen ply between Vietnamese coast ports and the Cambodian port of Kompong Som on resupply missions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Four Germans were reported shot down, the merchantmen untouched.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps he would acquire a few more along the way, if he came upon some likely merchantmen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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