East Indiaman

短语

词形变化

East Indiamen 复数 East Indiamen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any ship operating under charter or licence to one of the East India Companies, which were each granted monopoly trading rights with the East Indies by one of several of the major trading powers of the 17th–19th centuries.

    历史

    1833, A History of Shipwrecks, and Disasters at Sea, from the Most Authentic Sources, Volume 2, Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications, Volume 79, page 183, Thb shipwreck of the Grovesnor East Indiaman, in 1782, on her homeward-bound voyage from Ceylon, was attended with circumstances of more than common interest.

词源

From East India + -man.

来源：wiktionary