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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
Sense 1
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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