- garrisons
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the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.
- Impressment
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the act of coercing someone into government service
- maritime
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connected with the sea, esp. in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.
- Militia
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a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
- opiate
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a drug with morphinelike effects, derived from opium
- privateersmen
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an officer or crew member of a boat that makes profit from the sea
- vessels
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a ship or large boat.