"armed merchantman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: armed merchantmen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|armed merchantmen}} armed merchantman (plural armed merchantmen)
  1. A merchant ship that has weapons aboard for fighting or potential fighting.
    (military, nautical) A warship converted from a merchant ship by the installation of weaponry, primarily for use in commerce raiding or defense against same.
    Wikidata QID: Q1569963 Hypernyms: merchant ship, merchantman, ship, watercraft, vessel, vessel
    Sense id: en-armed_merchantman-en-noun-en:Q1569963 Categories (other): Military, Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Warships Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Warships: 59 41 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. A merchant ship that has weapons aboard for fighting or potential fighting.
    (nautical, chiefly historical) A merchant ship equipped with weaponry for defense against pirates, etc.
    Wikidata QID: Q1569963 Tags: historical Hypernyms: merchant ship, merchantman, ship, watercraft, vessel, vessel Coordinate_terms: warship
    Sense id: en-armed_merchantman-en-noun-en:Q15699631 Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: East Indiaman

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