"merchant marine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: merchant marines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} merchant marine (plural merchant marines)
  1. (countable) Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: merchant navy [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. (countable) Synonym of merchant ship: a single vessel in such a fleet. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: merchant ship [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-merchant_marine-en-noun-XJbFFBOd Disambiguation of Watercraft: 31 37 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 35 29
  3. (countable, proscribed, nonstandard) Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet. Tags: countable, nonstandard, proscribed Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: merchant mariner [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-merchant_marine-en-noun-~7Q3RdB1 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 31 37 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 35 29

Inflected forms

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