merchantmen

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merchantmen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Merchantman \Mer"chant*man\, n.; pl. Merchantmen.
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     1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45.
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     2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of
        goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.
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