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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. Source: webster
  3. 3. Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were ancientlyaccorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich;afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and someminor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron. Source: adambom

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