- Merchant service or Merchant marine
- Merchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
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{Merchant bar}, {Merchant iron} or {Merchant steel}, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
{Merchant service or Merchant marine}, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am. Cyc.
{Merchant ship}, a ship employed in commerce.
{Merchant tailor}, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
