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ban

[ ban ]

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verb (used with object)

, banned, ban·ning.

to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict:
to ban nuclear weapons;
The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
Synonyms: proscribe, outlaw, taboo
Antonyms: allow
Archaic.
1. to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
2. to curse; execrate.

noun

the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
Synonyms: taboo, interdict, proscription, prohibition
informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion:
society's ban on racial discrimination.
Synonyms: taboo
Law.
1. a proclamation.
2. a public condemnation.
Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.
a malediction; curse.

ban

[ ban ]

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noun

a public proclamation or edict.
bans, Ecclesiastical. banns.
(in the feudal system)
1. the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service.
2. the body of vassals summoned.

ban

[ ban, bahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.
History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary.

ban

⁴

[ bahn ]

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noun

, plural ba·ni [bah, -nee].

a Romanian coin, one 100th of a leu.

ban

/ bæn /

noun

(in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations

ban

/ bæn /

noun

a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu

ban

/ bæn /

verb

tr to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid
to ban smoking
to ban a book
tr (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people
archaic.
to curse

noun

an official prohibition or interdiction
law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition
a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry
archaic.
public censure or condemnation
archaic.
a curse; imprecation

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Other Words From

banna·ble adjective
un·banned adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ban¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan “to summon, proclaim”; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of Middle English word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī “to speak,” Sanskrit bhanati “(he) speaks”

Origin of ban²

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, ban, ban(n)e, iban “a lord's proclamation or edict or summons,” Old English (ge)ban(n) “proclamation, ordinance, summons to arms” (derivative of bannan ); influenced in some senses by Old French ban (Anglicized as ban ), from the same Germanic source; ban ¹

Origin of ban³

First recorded in 1605–15; from Serbo-Croatian bân, contracted from unattested bojan, bajan, said to be from a Turkic personal name, perhaps introduced into the Balkans by the Avars; compare Medieval Greek bo(e)ános “governor”

Origin of ban⁴

First recorded in 1960–65; from Romanian, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân “provincial governor”; ban ³

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ban¹

C13: from Old French ban , of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ban command, Old Norse bann ban ¹

Origin of ban²

from Romanian, from Serbo-Croat bān lord

Origin of ban³

Old English bannan to proclaim; compare Old Norse banna to forbid, Old High German bannan to command

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Example Sentences

No, mo-caraid, that is not a true thing that you have heard, that Donnacha Bàn went under the waves years ago.

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For there was a gloaming when Donnacha Bàn came back alone in his sailing-boat.

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Not that Donnacha Bàn sought in any way to keep back those who would fain know more.

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Yes, you know that, you say, and also that he was called Donnacha Bàn?

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