English Explanatory Dictionary

arriere-ban

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, in ancient France.

Word forms

arriere-ban arriere-bans arrière-ban

Etymology

French arrière-ban

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