Found 2 items, similar to Marque.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: marque
marque
n : a name given to a product or service [syn:
trade name,
brand name
,
brand]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Marque
Marque
\Marque\, 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]