Merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.
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Examples for "armed merchantman"
1Feb. 24-Britishcapture German steamer Gotha; British armed merchantman Clan Macnaughton reported missing.
2Feb. 23-Australianmail boat Maloja fired on by armed merchantman in English Channel; operations at the Dardanelles interrupted by unfavorable weather.
1And they tell me you have at least two armed merchantmen?
2There were too many privateers and armed merchantmen always in the river, besides cruisers moving to and fro on commerce-protection duty.
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