MERCHANT MARINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merchant marine mean? 

• MERCHANT MARINE (noun)
  The noun MERCHANT MARINE has 2 senses:

1. the crew of a merchant vessel

2. conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

  Familiarity information: MERCHANT MARINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERCHANT MARINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The crew of a merchant vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("merchant marine" is a kind of...):

crew (the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cargo ships; merchant marine; merchant vessels; shipping

Hypernyms ("merchant marine" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)