East Indiamen

A form of East Indiaman — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of East Indiaman
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