Usually means: Vessel designed for commercial cargo transport.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word merchant ship:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. merchant ship: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. merchant ship: Merriam-Webster
  3. merchant ship: Collins English Dictionary
  4. merchant ship: Vocabulary.com
  5. merchant-ship, merchant ship: Wordnik
  6. merchant ship: Wiktionary
  7. Merchant ship, merchant ship: Dictionary.com
  8. Merchant ship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. merchant ship: Rhymezone
  10. merchant ship: FreeDictionary.org
  11. merchant ship: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. merchant ship: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. merchant ship: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (merchant ship)

▸ noun:  A marine cargo vessel.

Similar:
freighter, merchantman, bottom, cargo ship, marine, cargo vessel, cargoman, sailship, sea soldier, ship, more...

Opposite:
warship, naval vessel, battleship

Types:
cargo ship, tanker, container ship, passenger ship, cruise ship, freighter, more...

Phrases:
crew leader on a merchant ship, more...

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Similar:
freighter, merchantman, bottom, cargo ship, marine, cargo vessel, cargoman, sailship, sea soldier, ship, more...

Opposite:
warship, naval vessel, battleship

Types:
cargo ship, tanker, container ship, passenger ship, cruise ship, freighter, more...

Phrases:
crew leader on a merchant ship, more...



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