merchantman
Americannoun
plural
merchantmennoun
Etymology
Origin of merchantman
Example Sentences
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Author Schaeffer saw the end of many an Allied merchantman.
From Time Magazine Archive
As no U. S. warship big enough to carry the work of art to the U. S. was handy, the Government chartered the merchantman Sea for $6,300.
From Time Magazine Archive
Target: a guinea-pig fleet of three destroyers, a submarine, a merchantman and ten barges.
From Time Magazine Archive
What frustrates him for months is that the raider is not a U-boat at all, but a heavily armed surface vessel well disguised as a merchantman.
From Time Magazine Archive
A British merchantman appeared before the coast near Scheveningen.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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