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merchant fleet
noun as in merchant marine
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A Spanish merchant fleet was loading cargoes in the Flemish ports to be carried to the Basque coast.
We are now in the world and of it in every possible sense, otherwise our Navy and our merchant fleet would have no excuse.
Froissart writes that, in 1372, a merchant fleet of quite two hundred sail came from London to Bordeaux for wine.
We then proceeded to Canton, where we found the homeward-bound merchant fleet ready to sail.
This was one of the most substantial increases which the American-controlled merchant fleet has received since its inception.
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to merchant fleet, such as: commercial ships, marine, mercantile marine, naval militia, naval reserve, and shipping line.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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