How do you use Merchantman in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bottom or freighter, plus the exact meaning.
Merchantman in a sentence
Merchantman meaning
- A male merchant (person engaged in trade).
- Synonym of merchant ship.
Using Merchantman
- The main meaning on this page is: A male merchant (person engaged in trade). | Synonym of merchant ship.
- Useful related words include: bottom, freighter, merchant ship, cargo ship.
Context around Merchantman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Merchantman
- In this selection, "merchantman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, armed, gun, american, hiding, ship and catherine stand out and add context to how "merchantman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 27 gun merchantman ship that and an armed merchantman and therefore. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "merchantman" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with merchantman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A red bar on the flag meant a hostile warship, a white one a merchantman. (15 words)
However, through the periscope of looked every bit like an armed merchantman and therefore fair game. (16 words)
Tracy (2006), p. 89. On 24 December, Constitution intercepted the merchantman Lord Nelson and placed a prize crew aboard. (19 words)
Elizabeth 's gifts arrived in a large 27-gun merchantman ship that Mehmed personally inspected, a clear display of English maritime strength that would prompt him to build up his fleet over the following years of his reign. (38 words)
Early uses In the 1670s, HMS Kingfisher (1675) was specially designed to counter the attacks of Algerine corsairs or pirates in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, hiding her armament behind false bulkheads. (34 words)
The investors would arm the vessels and recruit large crews, much larger than a merchantman or a naval vessel would carry, in order to crew the prizes they captured. (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
A red bar on the flag meant a hostile warship, a white one a merchantman.
However, through the periscope of looked every bit like an armed merchantman and therefore fair game.
Early uses In the 1670s, HMS Kingfisher (1675) was specially designed to counter the attacks of Algerine corsairs or pirates in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, hiding her armament behind false bulkheads.
Elizabeth 's gifts arrived in a large 27-gun merchantman ship that Mehmed personally inspected, a clear display of English maritime strength that would prompt him to build up his fleet over the following years of his reign.
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory The Wars of the Barbary States, London: Osprey, 2006 page 14. : July The Tripolitan warship Tripolino takes the American merchantman Catherine and enslaves the crew.
Largely autobiographical, the middle sections of the book are set in Liverpool and describe the young merchantman's wanderings, and his reflections.
On 15 January 1799, Constitution intercepted the English merchantman Spencer, which had been taken prize by the French frigate L'Insurgente a few days prior.
The investors would arm the vessels and recruit large crews, much larger than a merchantman or a naval vessel would carry, in order to crew the prizes they captured.
Tracy (2006), p. 89. On 24 December, Constitution intercepted the merchantman Lord Nelson and placed a prize crew aboard.