merchantman merchantly • merchantry · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · merchantman · · Text Latin · · Script 11 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a cargo ship. Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchant ship. Example: "They did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bottom · · Synonym 1 freighter · · Synonym 2 merchant ship · · Synonym 3 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074