English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ban
(n.)
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for
offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of
sacrilege or other crimes.
Ban
(v. t.)
To curse; to invoke evil upon.
Ban
(v. t.)
To forbid; to interdict.
Ban
(v. i.)
To curse; to swear.
Ban
(n.)
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of
Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
Ban
(n.)
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
Ban
(n.)
A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's)
vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled
or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most
effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the
standing army.
Banal
(a.)
Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Banalities
(pl. )
of Banality
Banality
(n.)
Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the
commonplace, in speech.
Banana
(n.)
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa
sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Banat
(n.)
The territory governed by a ban.
Banc
(n.)
Alt. of Bank
Banco
(n.)
A bank, especially that of Venice.
Bancus
(n.)
Alt. of Bank
Band
(v. t.)
To mark with a band.
Band
(v. t.)
A belt or strap.
Band
(v. t.)
To bind or tie with a band.
Band
(v. t.)
Pledge; security.
Band
(v. t.)
A bond