merchant ship meaning

Noun: merchant ship  murchunt ship

1. A cargo ship
   - bottom, freighter, merchantman

Derived forms: merchant ships

Type of: cargo ship, cargo vessel

Encyclopedia: Merchant ship

[Defence]
(*) A vessel engaged in mercantile trade except river craft, estuarial craft, or craft which operate solely within harbor limits.

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1. merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.
2. however, the american reinforcement of destroyers turned the tide in july, and convoys for merchant ships were begun.
3. secretary stimson urged roosevelt to order the navy to convoy british and allied merchant ships all the way from american to british ports.
4. merchant ships captured in war were often condemned