| 单词 | letter of marque man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter of marque man b. attributive. Designating a ship carrying letters of marque (sense 2a), as letter of marque man (man n.1 25), letter of marque ship. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer Dunkirker1588 Dunkirk1599 she-Dunkirk1623 Dunker1630 privateer?1641 private man of war1646 caper1657 letter(s) of mart ship1695 caperera1698 letter of marque ship1703 letter(s) of mart man1704 letter of marque1768 shaving-mill1781 ship-privateer1799 sea-wolf1884 1703 London Gaz. No. 3910/4 A French Letter of Marque Man. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4440/2 Any such Privateer or Letter of Marque Ship. 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 82 Yester'd 2 other English Letter of Marques' Ships arrived in the Harbour. 1899 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 8 86 This brother James was killed..whilst engaging a French letter of marque ship. 1951 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 37 686 Letter of marque ships with their opportunities for high prize money were an incentive to desert. 2009 J. H. Ellis Ruinous & Unhappy War vi. 87 A letter-of-marque ship..held a letter authorizing it to carry cargo to a designated port while armed to defend itself as well as capture, if it so desired, any enemy vessel that crossed its path. < as lemmas |
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