# armed merchantman

> merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact

**Wikidata**: [Q1569963](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569963)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_merchantman)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/armed-merchantman


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013