noun
definition
A merchant.
definition
A cargo ship, engaged in commercial activities, as opposed to a warship.
Examples of merchantman in a Sentence
The Lord Stewart was 248 foot long, 1445 ton armed merchantman.
He pointed out the disadvantage of a submarine in attempting to stop such an armed vessel for search, and emphasized that armament on a merchantman had every appearance of being offensive.
Early in the year he captured a valuable Spanish merchantman off Ferrol.
She later damaged another merchantman and scored four hits on the Kent Class cruiser HMS Berwick before withdrawing.
In June 1748 FOX brought into Kinsale a French merchantman of 230 tons bound to Bordeaux from Martinique with sugar and coffee.
In all, HMS Breconshire made more trips to Malta than any other merchantman.