LETTERS OF MARQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letters of marque mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETTERS OF MARQUE (noun)

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 ("letters of marque" is a kind of...):

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