merchant marine
merchant marine noun: synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
Noun
merchant marine (plural merchant marines)
- Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
- Synonyms:
- merchant navy
- Synonym of merchant ship: a single vessel in such a fleet.
- Captain Robert Dollar of San Francisco, dean of American ship owners, […] is still, although nearly 80, the eager champion of an American privately owned merchant marine.1923 May 28, “Captain Dollar Speaks”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- merchant ship
- Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet.
- Synonyms:
- merchant mariner
merchant marine meaning in Tamil and Kannada
merchant marine in Tamil
- வாணிபக் கப்பல்படை
merchant marine in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ನೌಕಾಪಡೆ
Synonyms of merchant marine
Forms of merchant marine
| plural | merchant marines |
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Questions about merchant marine
- What does merchant marine mean?
- Merchant marine means synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
- What is merchant marine in Tamil?
- Merchant marine in Tamil is வாணிபக் கப்பல்படை. See Merchant marine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is merchant marine?
- Merchant marine is a noun.
- What is the plural of merchant marine?
- The plural of merchant marine is merchant marines.
Words near merchant marine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: merchant marine (page history and authors); merchant marine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merchant marine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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