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East Indiaman

noun

Etymology

From East India + -man.

Definitions

  1. Any ship operating under charter or licence to one of the East India Companies, which…

    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.

    • As the smaller chambers would then not have the opportunity to hire a junior merchant—because they built and equipped only East Indiamen of the second charter—the rule was adjusted in 1772.

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