1. n. a make of motor car, as distinct from a specific model (the Jaguar marque).
Etymology: F, MARK(1) 2. n. hist.
Phrases and idioms:
letters of marque (or marque and reprisal)
1. a licence to fit out an armed vessel and employ it in the capture of an enemy's merchant shipping.
2 (in sing.) a ship carrying such a licence.
Etymology: ME f. F f. Prov. marca f. marcar seize as a pledge