BARBARY COAST WARS


Meaning of BARBARY COAST WARS in English

U.S. Hist.

wars fought along the coast of North Africa 1801-15 over the harassment of U.S. ships despite the payment of tribute money to the piratical Barbary States. Cf. Tripolitan War .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .