(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:07:59

Mer"chant*man (?), n.; pl. Merchantmen ().

1.

A merchant.

[Obs.]

Matt. xiii. 45.

2.

A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

 

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