Found 2 items, similar to merchant ship.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: merchant ship merchant ship n : a cargo ship; “they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms” [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Merchant ship Merchant \Mer"chant\, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]