| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arrière-ban |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ri·ère-ban |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   r  -âr-bän , -bn |
| NOUN: | 1. A medieval royal proclamation by which vassals were summoned to military service. 2. The vassals summoned. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French ariere-ban, alteration (influenced by arere, behind) of herban; see koro- in Appendix I.
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