letter of marque

let·ter of marque

L l

Definitions of letter of marque words

noun letter of marque license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation. 1
noun letter of marque a licence granted by a state to a private citizen to arm a ship and seize merchant vessels of another nation 0
noun letter of marque a similar licence issued by a nation allowing a private citizen to seize goods or citizens of another nation 0

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?