"merchant ship" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song",
          "text": "Old pirates, yes, they rob I\nSold I to the merchant ships\nMinutes after they took I\nFrom the bottomless pit.",
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        },
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          "text": "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:",
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      "glosses": [
        "A marine cargo vessel."
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        [
          "cargo vessel",
          "cargo vessel"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "merchant fleet"
        },
        {
          "word": "merchant marine"
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        {
          "word": "merchant navy"
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          "word": "merchant shipping"
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  "word": "merchant ship"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "merchant fleet"
    },
    {
      "word": "merchant marine"
    },
    {
      "word": "merchant navy"
    },
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      "word": "merchant shipping"
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          "text": "Old pirates, yes, they rob I\nSold I to the merchant ships\nMinutes after they took I\nFrom the bottomless pit.",
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        "A marine cargo vessel."
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