merchant ship

merchant ship

English

Noun

merchant ship (plural merchant ships)

1. A marine cargo vessel.
   • 1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song

     Old pirates, yes, they rob I
     Sold I to the merchant ships
     Minutes after they took I
     From the bottomless pit.

   • 2021 February 9, “There are those outstanding final moments in real-life hostage drama Captain Phillips (2013), about the hijacking of a US merchant ship by Somali pirates, in which his traumatised mariner is moved to near-hysteria by his ordeal”, in BBC‎:

Related terms

• merchant fleet
• merchant marine
• merchant navy
• merchant shipping

Translations

marine cargo vessel — see cargo ship