·noun A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
II. Trader ·noun One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.
A vessel employed regularly in any particular branch of commerce, whether sea-borne or coasting, Bri...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A feme sole trader. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...