ban : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ban	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ban
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ban n a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania an official prohibition or edict against something Synonym(s): ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding a bachelor's degree in nursing Synonym(s): Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN v forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) Synonym(s): ban, censor prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" ban from a place of residence, as for punishment Synonym(s): banish, ban expel from a community or group Synonym(s): banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ban \Ban\, v. i. To curse; to swear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ban \Ban\, n. [Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master[?] lord, Per. ban.] An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS. bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw. banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf. {Banish}.] 1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.