merchantman

noun

Definition of merchantmannext
as in freighter

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Recent Examples of merchantman The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantman
  1. freighter
  2. warship
  3. steamship
  4. steamer
  5. trader
  6. tanker
  7. barge
  8. cruiser
Noun
  • The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • The warship is designed to carry 64 strike-length Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells capable of firing a broad range of air defense, ballistic missile defense, and land-attack missiles.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The warship and escorts are now at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, where the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is being offloaded.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of warship
Noun
  • The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The seasoning’s name is a nod to the region’s maritime history and is named for the Old Bay Line, a passenger steamship that traveled the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, in the early 1900s.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • These came in a tiny bag folded very tightly—typically, that means breaking out the steamer or tossing them in the dryer with an ice cube.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 31 July 2026
  • In-room requests (like asking for a steamer, for instance) are handled swiftly via WhatsApp.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike.
    — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Fed funds futures traders now price in a roughly 44% likelihood that the central bank raises rates at its September meeting, down from a 67% reading seen a week prior, according to CME's FedWatch tool.
    — Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • Six vessels moved into the Persian Gulf — five cargo ships and one tanker — while one cargo ship exited into the Gulf of Oman.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a tanker reported hearing two explosions off the coast of Oman while transiting Hormuz, according to a Wednesday incident report from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
  • Once the plant reaches the end of its operational lifespan, tugboats will tow the entire barge to a specialized shipyard for decommissioning.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Buttery defended that decision, saying an employee operating a cruiser or unmarked car has no expectation of privacy.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the first video shared by the cruiser, the woman can be seen aggressively scratching her foot with her hand before reaching to pick up her food and eat it.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of cruiser

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“Merchantman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantman. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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