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LETTER OF MARQUE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does letter of marque mean?

• LETTER OF MARQUE (noun)
The noun LETTER OF MARQUE has 1 sense:

1. a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation

Familiarity information: LETTER OF MARQUE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LETTER OF MARQUE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

letter of mark and reprisal; letter of marque; letters of marque

Hypernyms ("letter of marque" is a kind of...):

licence; license; permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)

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