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mailship

mailship noun: a ship used to carry mail.

Noun

mailship (plural mailships)

  1. A ship used to carry mail.
    • The newest ships using the Admiralty Pier are the Belgian mailships, the Roi Leopold III, the Koningin Elisabeth and the Reine Astrid, all of 3,794 tons, and built in 1956, 1957 and 1958 respectively.1959 October, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 683
    Synonyms:
    mailboat

Synonyms of mailship

Forms of mailship

pluralmailships

Origin of mailship

From mail + ship.

Questions about mailship

What does mailship mean?
Mailship means a ship used to carry mail.
What part of speech is mailship?
Mailship is a noun.
What is the plural of mailship?
The plural of mailship is mailships.

Words near mailship in the dictionary

  1. mailruns
  2. mails
  3. mails it in
  4. mailsack
  5. mailsacks
  6. mailship
  7. mailships
  8. mailshirt
  9. mailshirts
  10. mailshot
  11. mailshots

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