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Tripolitan War: Meaning and Definition of

Tripol'itan War'

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters. Cf.
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