merchantman

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English merchantman From merchant + -man.

A male merchant (person engaged in trade).
“Near-synonyms: merchant (precisely hypernymous), trader”
Synonym of merchant ship.