Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freighter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freighter \Freight"er\, n.
1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a
ship.
2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
3. One for whom freight is transported.
4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freighter
n : a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in
foreign bottoms" [syn: {bottom}, {merchantman}, {merchant
ship}]
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