merchant fleet

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Noun

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merchant fleet (plural merchant fleets)

  1. A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.
    Synonyms: merchant marine, merchant navy
    the global merchant fleet
    the Norwegian merchant fleet

Usage notes

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The fact that merchant marine and merchant navy so often refer specifically to the fleet of a particular nationality influences the choice of this term for the global merchant fleet.

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