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单词 rereband
释义

rerebandn.

Forms:

α. Middle English rereban.

β. 1500s rerebande, 1600s reareband, 1600s rereband, 1700s rearband.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French rereban, arier ban.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French rereban, riereban, variants (showing loss of initial a- ; compare Anglo-Norman rere , reire , Middle French riere rear- comb. form) of arier ban, arriereban arrière-ban n. Compare post-classical Latin retrobannus (12th cent.), retrobannum (from 12th cent. in British sources), both after French. Compare later arrière-ban n.The β. forms apparently show folk-etymological alteration after band n.3; forms in rear- and reare- show substitution of rear adj.2 for the first element of the compound.
Obsolete.
= arrière-ban n.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > feudal vassals
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society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal > body or assemblage of vassals > liable to military service
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c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3685 Þi rereban þou do of-sende; To awreke [þe] þou haue in mende.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) ciii. 341 Then he sent for his rerebande, as farre as his empyre stretched.
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia ii. viii. 49 The last Leader of the reare band bringeth forth his crew.
1685 F. Digby in F. Digby & J. Norris tr. Xenophon Kyrou Paideia ii. 104 He saw a Captain leading his Company from the River one by one to Dinner, who, when he saw his time, commanded the Rere-band to pass by the third and fourth Ward, and march up into the Fore-front.
1769 W. Anderson Hist. France II. v. iv. 225 The catholic troops now augmented by the return of the crown vassals and rear bands of the royal domain, were in several respects better fitted than their adversaries for the combat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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