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merchantman

merchantman noun: a male merchant (person engaged in trade).

Noun

merchantman (plural merchantmen)

  1. (obsolete) A male merchant (person engaged in trade).
    • Near-synonyms: merchant (precisely hypernymous), trader
    Synonyms:
    merchant, trader
  2. Synonym of merchant ship.
    Synonyms:
    merchant ship

merchantman meaning in Tamil and Urdu

merchantman in Tamil

வாணிகக்கப்பல்

merchantman in Urdu

تجارتی جہاز

Synonyms of merchantman

Forms of merchantman

pluralmerchantmen

Plural of merchantman: merchantmen

Origin of merchantman

From merchant + -man.

Words formed from merchantman

Questions about merchantman

What does merchantman mean?
Merchantman means a male merchant (person engaged in trade).
What is merchantman in Tamil?
Merchantman in Tamil is வாணிகக்கப்பல். See Merchantman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is merchantman?
Merchantman is a noun.
What is the plural of merchantman?
The plural of merchantman is merchantmen.

Words near merchantman in the dictionary

  1. merchantile
  2. merchanting
  3. merchantish
  4. merchantlike
  5. merchantly
  6. merchantman
  7. merchantmen
  8. merchantries
  9. merchantry
  10. merchants
  11. merchants of death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merchantman (page history and authors); merchantman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merchantman (Urdu 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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