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West-ˈIndiaman
[f. prec. 2.]
A vessel engaged in the West India trade.
1689Treas. P. III. 196 (P.R.O.) The French Fleet has taken 5 dutch West Indiamen that came from Cuiresoe. 1769Ann. Reg. 161 The steward of a West-Indiaman. 1794Plan London-Dock 11 Whether the London-Dock..cannot be of extensive usefulness to West Indiamen..? 1818Scott Rob Roy xxvii, A voluminous silk handkerchief, like the main-sail of one of his own West-Indiamen. 1861Brougham Brit. Const. xx. 393 Compare the numbers of men in a West Indiaman and in a Baltic or Hamburgh trader. |