English Explanatory Dictionary

East Indiaman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any ship operating under charter or licence to one of the East India Companies, which were each granted monopoly trading rights with the East Indies by one of several of the major trading powers of the 17th–19th centuries.

Word forms

East Indiaman East Indiamen

Etymology

From East India + -man.

Derived words

British East Indiaman Dutch East Indiaman English East Indiaman
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