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ban

/bɑ̃/

noun, masculine/bɑ̃/plural: bans

public declaration; announcement of a marriage; banns; territory

From Old French ban, from Frankish *ban, related to *bannan.

noun, masculine/bɑ̃/plural: bans

ban (nobleman)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bȃn. See English ban.