Definition of "merchant ship" []

• A marine cargo vessel. (noun)

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• "Bill Stryker, formerly executive officer of the Federation merchant ship Phoenix."
• "Taking on a fugitive from justice to serve aboard a merchant ship was a violation of the Federation Maritime Code, but even the best- intentioned merchant captains could be fooled by cleverly forged papers."
• "Captain Winslow Bryant, of the Federation merchant ship Wyoming."