Definition of Merchantman. Meaning of Merchantman. Synonyms of Merchantman

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Definition of Merchantman

Merchantman
Merchantman Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen. 1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45. 2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

Meaning of Merchantman from wikipedia

- A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries p****engers for hire. This is in contrast...
- An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy...
- into freighters during the early 1970s, those from BEA becoming the Merchantman. As a freighter, the type remained in service for many years, the final...
- submarine Human torpedo Midget submarine U-boat Wet sub Miscellaneous Armed merchantman ****nal ship Barracks ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Flagship Floating...
- The Miles Merchantman was a scaled-up and four-engined development of the Miles Aerovan light freighter. It flew in 1947 but the design was abandoned...
- merchantman) (Meijndert Theunissen van Oosterwout) Roode Haes (Red Hare) 28 (hired merchantman) (Adriaan Rodenhaes) Ster (Star) 28 (hired merchantman)...
- Company. She then became a merchantman that a French naval squadron captured in 1795. She next became the Spanish merchantman Principe Fernando, which a...
- submarine Human torpedo Midget submarine U-boat Wet sub Miscellaneous Armed merchantman ****nal ship Barracks ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Flagship Floating...
- raiding ship Man-of-war A heavily-armed sailing warship Merchantman A trading vessel Armed merchantman A trading vessel possessing weapons for self-defense...
- and HMS Shark have an inconclusive engagement 1777, 12 July – British merchantman Pole repulses the privateer American Tartar 1778, April 24 – USS Ranger...