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Indiaman|ˈɪndɪəmən|
Pl. -men.
[f. India + man, as in man of war, etc.]
A ship engaged in the trade with India; spec. a ship of large tonnage belonging to the East India Company.
1709[see East India]. 1712E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 452 The Donegal India-Man gave us seven, which we all return'd. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. vii. 365 The French pretending their India-men to be Men of War. 1772Ann. Reg., Chron. 65 On the private trade of an homeward bound India⁓man. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 323 From time to time valuable Indiamen fell into their hands. |