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MERCHANTMAN
bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship
(noun) a cargo ship; “they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
merchantman (plural merchantmen)
(obsolete) A merchant.
A cargo ship, engaged in commercial activities, as opposed to a warship.
Source: Wiktionary
Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen (.
1. A merchant. [Obs.] Matt. xiii. 45.
2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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