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merchant navies

merchant navies is the plural of merchant navy.

Meaning of merchant navy

Noun

merchant navy (plural merchant navies)

  1. A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.
    • Owing to its location at the entrance to the River Tyne, South Shields was of strategic importance in the Second World War, especially to the merchant navy, and the town was heavily hit by a Luftwaffe strike in October 1941.2021 September 8, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Electric tramways at the heart of our seaside story”, in RAIL, number 939, page 57

Questions about merchant navies

What is merchant navies the plural of?
Merchant navies is the plural of merchant navy.

Words near merchant navies in the dictionary

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

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