Usually means: Government license to capture ships.
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  1. letters of marque: Merriam-Webster
  2. letters of marque: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. letters of marque: Collins English Dictionary
  4. letters of marque: Vocabulary.com
  5. letters of marque: Wordnik
  6. letters of marque: Wiktionary
  7. Letters of marque, letters of marque: Dictionary.com
  8. Letters of Marque, Letters of marque: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. letters of marque: Rhymezone
  10. letters of marque: FreeDictionary.org
  11. letters of marque: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. letters of marque: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See letters_of_marques as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (letters of marque)

noun:  a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation


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