Merrimac

Variant of Merrimack

Merrimack definition

Mer·ri·mack or Merrimac Mer′·ri·mac (mer′ə mak′)

noun

a U.S. frigate armored by the Confederates and engaged by the Monitor, a Union ironclad, in the first battle (1862) between ironclads: Confederate name, Virginia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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