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baucan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bau-can
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French, perhaps related to Old French baucent (“black and white; the black and white flag (with red cross) of the templars”), Old Occitan bausan (“black and white (horse)”) despite the change in meaning/colour.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

baucans (plural) baucent (alternative)

Questions

What does baucan mean?
A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.
Where does baucan come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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