merchantman
/'mə:tʃentmən/
Definition
- 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).
Noun
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a cargo ship
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they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms
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