Tripolitan War

American  

noun

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.

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Example Sentences

As Jefferson’s secretary of state, he oversaw the Tripolitan War from 1801 to 1805.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2011

Author Roberts finally pins Lear to the mat as one of the culprits in our "disgraceful as well as heroic" Tripolitan War.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their opposition to it was prompt, and Italy attempted by the Tripolitan War to rob the Turk of one of his distant provinces.

From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

Navy of the United States, in 1798-99, 101; under Jefferson, 133; in Tripolitan War, 144-45; in the War of 1812, 212-30, passim.

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen

Far away from the sound of Commodore Preble's guns a strange, almost farcical, intervention in the Tripolitan War was preparing.

From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Johnson, Allen