merchant ship

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   a cargo ship

   “they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms”

   Synonymsbottomfreightermerchantman

   Broadercargo ship

Questions about merchant ship

What does merchant ship mean?

merchant ship means "a cargo ship".

What is another word for merchant ship?

Close synonyms include bottom, freighter, merchantman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.