Merrimac

[mer-uh-mak]

noun

a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.

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Historical Examples of merrimac

It is about two miles from the junction of the Powow River with the Merrimac.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
When we came to the Merrimac, we found it a great and broad stream.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
I have taken the liberty to give as a title for it "The Plaint of the Merrimac."
Whittier-land
Samuel T. Pickard
Merrimac is worthy a place in collections for the sake of variety.
Manual of American Grape-Growing
U. P. Hedrick
Evidently the Merrimac would return the compliment every time.
The Monitor and the Merrimac
J. L. Worden et al.