Arriere-ban Definition

ărē-âr-bän, -băn
noun
A medieval royal proclamation by which vassals were summoned to military service.
American Heritage
In medieval France, a king's summoning of his vassals to do their military duty.
Webster's New World
The vassals summoned.
American Heritage
The vassals so summoned.
Webster's New World

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.

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Other Word Forms of Arriere-ban

Noun

Singular:
arriere-ban
Plural:
arriere-bans

Origin of Arriere-ban

  • French from Old French ariere-ban alteration (influenced by arere behind) of herban koro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French

    From Wiktionary

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