'Cinque Ports' definitions:

Definition of 'Cinque Ports'

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Cinque Ports \Cinque" Ports`\ [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. [1913 Webster]
Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. [1913 Webster]

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