"merchant navy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: merchant navies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} merchant navy (plural merchant navies)
  1. A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: merchant fleet, merchant marine Translations (civilian naval fleet): handelsvloot [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kauppalaivasto (Finnish), marine marchande [feminine] (French), სავაჭრო ფლოტი (savač̣ro ploṭi) (Georgian), Handelsmarine [feminine] (German), Handelsflotte [feminine] (German), εμπορικός στόλος (emporikós stólos) (Greek), marina mercantile [feminine] (Italian), flota handlowa [feminine] (Polish), marinha mercante [feminine] (Portuguese), marina mercante [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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