merchantman
Americannoun
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Months of leisurely study showed the wreck to be a small merchantman about 30 ft. long.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world's first nuclear-powered merchantman cost the Government $82 million to build and up to $2,700,000 a year in subsidies to keep afloat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The merchantman was burning in several places, settling fast.
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
In the middle of the month he recaptured an American merchantman and sent her in, and then stood to the southward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
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