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merchant marines

merchant marines is the plural of merchant marine.

Meaning of merchant marine

Noun

merchant marine (plural merchant marines)

  1. Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
    Synonyms:
    merchant navy
  2. 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
  3. (nonstandard, proscribed) Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet.

Questions about merchant marines

What is merchant marines the plural of?
Merchant marines is the plural of merchant marine.

Words near merchant marines in the dictionary

  1. merchant iron
  2. merchant irons
  3. merchant marine
  4. merchant mariner
  5. merchant mariners
  6. merchant marines
  7. merchant navies
  8. merchant navy
  9. merchant of death
  10. merchant prince
  11. merchant princes

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