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Pospolite

Pos"po*lite\, n. [Pol. pospolite ruszenie a general summons to arms, an arriere-ban; pospolity general + ruszenie a stirring.] A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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