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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

Example Sentences

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They attend church services on the West German motorship Nordwind and watch movies on the Bulgarian freighter Vasil Levsky.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hans Hedtoft, a diesel-powered motorship, went down the ways of Denmark's Frederikshavn shipyard last August, small but sturdy and trim.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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