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merchant ship

merchant ship noun: a ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.

merchant ship: a ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo,...
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Noun

merchant ship (plural merchant ships)

  1. A ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.
    • Old pirates, yes, they rob I
      Sold I to the merchant ships
      Minutes after they took I
      From the bottomless pit.1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song
    Synonyms:
    merchantman

merchant ship meaning in Tamil and Kannada

merchant ship in Tamil

வணிகச் சரக்குக் கப்பல்

merchant ship in Kannada

ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ನೌಕೆ

Synonyms of merchant ship

Forms of merchant ship

pluralmerchant ships

Questions about merchant ship

What does merchant ship mean?
Merchant ship means a ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.
What is merchant ship in Tamil?
Merchant ship in Tamil is வணிகச் சரக்குக் கப்பல். See Merchant ship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is merchant ship?
Merchant ship is a noun.
What is the plural of merchant ship?
The plural of merchant ship is merchant ships.

Words near merchant ship in the dictionary

  1. merchant of death
  2. merchant prince
  3. merchant princes
  4. merchant seaman
  5. merchant seamen
  6. merchant ship
  7. merchant shipping
  8. merchant ships
  9. merchant tailor
  10. merchant tailors
  11. merchant venturer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merchant ship (page history and authors); merchant ship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merchant ship (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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