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merchant marine definition

merchant marine

  1. all the ships of a nation that are used in commerce
  2. their personnel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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