merchant marine
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merchant marine
noun merchant marines
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Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
They were of quite as bad a type as the ships of the more humble merchant marine.
Similar: merchant navy
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Synonym of merchant ship: a single vessel in such a fleet.
Captain Robert Dollar of San Francisco, dean of American ship owners, […] is still, although nearly 80, the eager champion of an American privately owned merchant marine.
Similar: merchant ship
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Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet.
Similar: merchant mariner
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| Français | marin marchand |
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