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Definition of Merchant marine
1. Noun. The crew of a merchant vessel.
2. Noun. Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
Definition of Merchant marine
1. Noun. Ships and crews dedicated to commercial, rather than military, purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merchant Marine
Literary usage of Merchant marine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Ind Arts M 6:478-81 N '16 merchant marine Germany Sea power In its dual relation.
EH Currey. 19th Cent 79:1170-83 Je '16 Great Britain Sea power in its dual ..."
2. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"merchant marine t Abbot, WJ Story of our merchant marine: its period of glory,
its prolonged ... 373p il »$2.50 49 Dodd American merchant marine. WS Benson. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"merchant marine—Continued See aleo Sailors; Shipbuilding; Shipping Government
control .••'ce Shipping—Government control Belgium La naissance de la marine ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"... merchant marine Tonnage Afloat.—The free-ship law of Aug. 24, 1912 (Panama
Canal Act, Sec. 5), has not been in effect sufficiently long to exert a ..."
5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Prosperity of the American merchant marine. — The period from 1815 to 1860, in
which the country ... Position and prospects of the merchant marine in 1860. ..."
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