merchantman
noun
a trading ship.
merchantmen
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pluralof merchantman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Within a few years British merchantmen plied regular routes from the British Columbia coasts with cargoes of furs for China, Britain and the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1917, when a minority balked at the arming of merchantmen and launched a filibuster led by La Follette, Wilson denounced them publicly as "a little group of willful men."
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
He saw many other ships as well: fishing boats, lumbering merchantmen, proud galleys with their oars lashing the waves into white foam.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
