Usually means: Authorization for privateers to raid.
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  1. letter of marque: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. letter of marque: Collins English Dictionary
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  10. Letter of Marque: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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  1. letter of marque: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (letter of marque)

noun:  (nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
noun:  (nautical, historical) A ship that has been armed for such a task.

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