merchant service or merchant marine

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merchant service or merchant marine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Merchant \Mer"chant\, a.
     Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
     the merchant service.
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     Merchant bar, Merchant iron or Merchant steel, certain
        common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
  
     Merchant service or Merchant marine, 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.
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