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Meaning of merchant marine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
    countable
  2. Synonym of merchant ship: a single vessel in such a fleet.
    countable
  3. Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet.
    countable, nonstandard, proscribed

Examples

“Captain Robert Dollar of San Francisco, dean of American ship owners, […] is still, although nearly 80, the eager champion of an American privately owned merchant marine.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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