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Definition of Polacres
1. polacre [n] - See also: polacre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polacres
Literary usage of Polacres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nelson and the Neapolitan Jacobins: Documents Relating to the Suppression of by Harold Cooke Gutteridge (1903)
"J'attends d'un moment à l'autre la liste des misérables, qui veulent partir.
Alors vous saurez le nombre des polacres qui sont nécessaires. ..."
2. Commodore John Rodgers: Captain, Commodore, and Senior Officer of the by Charles Oscar Paullin (1909)
"The two polacres were captured by Commodore Barron for a violation of the blockade.
Rodgers pacified the Porte by agreeing to give up the ..."
3. The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in by William James, Frederick Chamier (1837)
"The captured polacres were the ship Prince-Eugene of 16 guns and 130 men, brig
Belle-Caroline, of 12 guns and 40 men, both belonging to Marseille, ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"... and armed polacres. The Danish frigate the Naiad, of 40 guns, commanded by
Captain Sten-bille, was perfidiously inveigled into the harbour of Tripoli, ..."
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