Found 2 items, similar to merchantman.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: merchantman merchantman n : a cargo ship; “they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms” [syn: bottom, freighter, merchant ship ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Merchantman Merchantman \Mer"chant*man\, n.; pl. Merchantmen. [1913 Webster] 1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45. [1913 Webster] 2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. [1913 Webster]