commerce raider

noun

A naval vessel tasked with disrupting enemy merchant shipping.

Meanings

nouncommerce raider (plural commerce raiders)

plural commerce raiders

  1. historicalA naval vessel tasked with disrupting enemy merchant shipping.
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commerce raider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commerce%20raider

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Chicago

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