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arriere-ban

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ar-ri-ere-ban
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war.

noun

The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, in ancient France.

Etymology

French arrière-ban

Inflected Forms

arriere-bans (plural) arrière-ban (alternative)

Questions

What does arriere-ban mean?
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war.
Where does arriere-ban come from?
French arrière-ban

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