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n. - A large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with a country in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia;

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  • No shot had been fired, save the first one calling the Indiaman to stop, and the second one that drove the command home.
  • If a man wanted to live and die rich then all he needed to do was capture an Indiaman, which is why the great ships sailed in convoy.
  • The galleon as "Indiaman" probably fed heavily into the popular image.
  • "Indiaman," and for the gents in livery at the "Pocklington Arms" -- of either of which societies I should like to be a member.
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