A vessel employed regularly in any particular branch of commerce, whether sea-borne or coasting, British or foreign.
·noun A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade. II. Trader ·noun One engaged in trade or c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A feme sole trader. ...
Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...
The Sailor's Word-Book