treaty port
noun History/Historical.
any of the ports in China, Japan, or Korea through which trade with foreign countries was permitted by special treaty.
Origin of treaty port
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby treaty port
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trebbia,
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Example sentences from the Web for treaty port
Chemulpo, a town on the W. coast of Corea; a thriving town since it became a treaty-port in 1883.
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British Dictionary definitions for treaty port
treaty port
noun
(in China, Japan, and Korea during the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century) a city, esp a port, in which foreigners, esp Westerners, were allowed by treaty to conduct trade