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motorship

American  
[moh-ter-ship] / ˈmoʊ tərˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.


Etymology

Origin of motorship

First recorded in 1900–05

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Six days later, the Norwegian motorship Caribe sighted the lone lifeboat off the coast of Nicaragua.

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Four-days after Captain Randall's elevation, the George Washington was rammed in a fog by the Danish motorship, Malaya, ten miles from Hamburg, whither tugs towed her safely.

From Time Magazine Archive

A new volcanic island has risen in the Pacific, reported Captain L. G. Richardson of the British motorship Silverbeech last week.

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Three days at sea, the 16,000-ton Polish motorship Batory radioed a routine passenger count back to New York.

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"Christian General," as he was sailing back to China "to help overthrow" Chiang Kaishek; in a fire aboard the Russian motorship Pobeda, in the Black Sea.

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