East Indiamann.
/ˌiːst ˈɪndɪəmən/, U.S. /ˌist ˈɪndiəmən/ Now historical.
A ship (typically a large sailing ship) engaged in the East India trade. Cf. West Indiaman n.With quot. 1653 see East Indy n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > trading to or from specific place
West Indies man1587
Indiaman1588
West Indy man1616
Lubecker1627
Chinaman1653
East Indiaman1675
West Indiaman1689
South-seaman1728
Levanter1812
Indianeer1840
South Spainer1856
1653 Mercurius Politicus No. 166. 2658 The Merchants here..should be prevented of putting out their Trading Fleet to the North, or of fetching in their East-Indy-men.]
1675 W. Houlding Jrnl. June in Mariner′s Mirror (1912) 2 260 3 East Indiamen came up with us being bound home.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋2 A Boatswain of an East-India Man.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xvi. 283 Drake..fell in with one of those famous Spanish East Indiamen.
1967 T. Keneally Bring Larks xxviii. 222 The pin-new East Indiaman..had already ripped through the oyster-shell horizon.
2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 72/2 The Jhelum was an East Indiaman, used for trade between Britain and its great colony in the subcontinent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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