merchant marine
nounDefinition of merchant marine
1
: the privately or publicly owned commercial ships of a nation
2
: the personnel of a merchant marine
specifically
: a member of a merchant marine
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Examples of merchant marine in a Sentence
a member of the merchant marine
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His mother worked as a hotel housekeeper, and his father was in the merchant marine. — Jon Caramanica, BostonGlobe.com, "Bushwick Bill, rapper who told harrowing tales in Geto Boys, dies at 52," 10 June 2019 Anthony, who has had careers as a scuba diver, carpenter, skydiver, merchant marine and cabinet maker, enjoys riding a motorcycle. — Diane Fiske, Philly.com, "An Ambler dream house nine years in the making," 16 May 2018 His father, a merchant marine, was an abusive alcoholic. — New York Times, "He Spoke Out During the AIDS Crisis. See Why His Art Still Matters.," 12 July 2018 Kathleen is relentlessly animated and quick-witted, with thick tangerine hair, steely eyes, and an endearing personal idiolect that suggests both an autodidactic reading in philosophy and economics and the gusty crudity of the merchant marine. — Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED, "The Blockchain: A Love Story—And a Horror Story," 18 June 2018 Maybe someone out there heard a story -- a rumor even -- passed down through the years, of the merchant marine and father who simply vanished from Mason City, Iowa on a November day in 1955. — Juliet Muir, NBC News, "Family still searching for answers in 1955 disappearance of World War II veteran," 26 May 2018 His father was a former merchant marine who moved the family to Richland, Wash., a town mostly built by the federal government for workers at the Hanford nuclear site. — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, "Can Jim Mattis Hold the Line in Trump’s ‘War Cabinet’?," 26 Mar. 2018 The Irishman was working as a merchant marine in Europe when he was captured by the British and sent to colonize Roanoke. — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, "The incredible story of America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration," 17 Mar. 2018 Even the merchant marine from Stormfront had recently been convinced by Matthew’s logic and expressed interest in joining the TWP. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Little Führers Everywhere," 22 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'merchant marine.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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