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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a cargo ship;
- Example: "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
[syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Merchant \Mer"chant\, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. [1913 Webster] Merchant bar, Merchant iron or Merchant steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. Merchant service or Merchant marine, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am. Cyc. Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

merchant ship n 1: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship]