West-Indiaman

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• west indiaman — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&I Etymology: West India + English man : a sailing ship formerly running to the West Indies and the east coast of America and usually much smaller than East Indiamen …   Useful english dictionary

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• Indiaman — noun (plural Indiamen) historical a ship engaged in trade with India or the East or West Indies, especially an East Indiaman …   English new terms dictionary

• Indiaman — In·di·a·man || ɪndɪəmÉ™n n. merchant ship used in trade with India or the East or West Indies …   English contemporary dictionary

• Alexander (East Indiaman) — The East Indiaman merchant ship Alexander was shipwrecked while on passage from Bombay to London two miles from the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast in the English Channel. Only five of the ship s 140 (or 150) crew survived the disaster.The… …   Wikipedia

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• Galt, John — (1779 1839)    Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of the captain of a West Indiaman, was b. at Irvine, Ayrshire, but while still a young man he went to London and formed a commercial partnership, which proved unfortunate, and he then entered… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

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