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nounmailship (plural mailships)
plural mailships
- A ship used to carry mail.
The newest ships using the Admiralty Pier are the Belgian mailships, the Roi Leopold III, the Koningin Elisabeth and the Reine Astrid, all of 3,794 tons, and built in 1956, 1957 and 1958 respectively.
1959 October 29, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 683Synonyms: mailboat
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nounA ship used to carry mail.
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