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mailships

mailships is the plural of mailship.

Meaning of mailship

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

Questions about mailships

What is mailships the plural of?
Mailships is the plural of mailship.

Words near mailships in the dictionary

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

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