merchant fleet
English edit
Noun edit
merchant fleet (plural merchant fleets)
- 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 edit
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.
Translations edit
fleet of merchant ships
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