merchant marine
Noun
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Noun
merchant marine (plural merchant marines)
- A ship dedicated to commercial, rather than military, purposes.
- 1923 May 28, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,715507,00.html Captain Dollar Speaks]," Time:
- 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.
- 1923 May 28, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,715507,00.html Captain Dollar Speaks]," Time:
- (uncountable) Synonym of merchant navy. The fleet considered as an entire combined force.
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