(n) French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675), Syn.Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette
n. [ F. marque, in lettre de marque letter of marque, a commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair; marque here prob. meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being a permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See March border. ] (Law) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. [ 1913 Webster ]
Letters of marque, Letters of marque and reprisal, a license or extraordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter of marque. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. marquise, misunderstood as a plural; prob. orig., tent of the marchioness. See Marquis. ] A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [ Written also markee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign. ] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]
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