marque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals or privateering; the document recording this license.
A ship commissioned for making captures.

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marque.wav

marque marques

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.

make letter of marque letter of marque and reprisal

countermarque letter of marque and reprisal

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