Ban definition
To ban fraternities, to ban a book.
A historical example of a ban is Prohibition which stopped the legal sale of alcohol.
An example of ban is to allow no cigarette smoking in a restaurant.
Banned smoking in theaters; banned pesticides in parks.
A coach who was banned from the sidelines for two games; a gambler who was banned from the club.
Origin of ban
- Romanian coin, coin of small worth perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to Old High German ban official proclamation, command (the original medieval Romanian coin being so called because coins were necessary to pay fines and feudal dues) and to Old English bannan to summon ban1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Romanian coin, coin of small worth perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to Old High German ban official proclamation, command (the original medieval Romanian coin being so called because coins were necessary to pay fines and feudal dues) and to Old English bannan to summon ban1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English bannen to summon, banish, curse from Old English bannan to summon, and from Old Norse banna to prohibit, curse bhā-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition