merchant ship : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: merchant ship	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for merchant ship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merchant ship n a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" Synonym(s): bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merchant \Mer"chant\, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. {Merchant bar}, {Merchant iron} [or] {steel}, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. {Merchant service}, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am. Cyc. {Merchant ship}, a ship employed in commerce. {Merchant tailor}, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.