0 a country's ships that carry goods and are not used for military purposes:
1 a country’s ships that are involved in trade
Nevertheless, by 1939, additional occupation-specific funds had been established for financial workers, journalists and the merchant marine.
Men were absent at sea for most of the time, fishing, whaling or in the merchant marine.
It was registered as a merchant marine vessel and then given a fishing licence.
I spoke to people in the merchant marine—there is not much of that left.
Given the present developing pattern of the international merchant marine, this is a fairly significant figure.
However, the merchant marine is still of great strategic importance, even at its present strength.
It is important that we have regard for our merchant marine.
The neglect of our merchant marine is serious in this respect.
