merchantman

/'mə:tʃentmən/

Thân thiện

The merchantman sails into the harbor with a full cargo.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A merchant ship; a vessel used for transporting cargo commercially: A "merchantman" is a ship, typically a large one, that is designed and used for carrying goods and merchandise in trade, as opposed to a warship or a passenger ship. It is a formal or historical term for a cargo ship.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The 19th-century merchantman was laden with spices from the East Indies.
  • The convoy consisted of three naval destroyers escorting a dozen merchantmen across the Atlantic.

Advanced Usage

• "To sail in a merchantman": To work on or travel via a commercial cargo ship.
  • He spent his youth sailing in a merchantman, trading goods between continents.

Variants and Related Words

• Merchant ship (n): A more common modern synonym for "merchantman."
• Merchant marine (n): The fleet of merchant ships belonging to a particular country, or the personnel who crew them.
• Freighter (n): A ship or aircraft designed to carry freight (cargo); a common modern equivalent.

Synonyms

• Cargo ship: A ship designed to carry cargo.
• Freighter: A ship or aircraft for transporting freight.
• Trader: A ship employed in trading.

Related Phrases

• Merchant vessel: A formal term identical in meaning to "merchantman."
• Bottom (n, archaic/nautical): A ship or vessel, often used in contexts like "foreign bottoms" (ships of foreign registry).

Học thuật

Noun

1. a cargo ship
   • they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bottom
• freighter
• merchant ship