| Ban: English to English |
| Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and no |
| Ban (n.) A curse or anathema. |
| Ban (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. |
| Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. |
| Ban (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia. |
| Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. |
| Ban (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense). |
| Ban (v. i.) To curse; to swear. |
| Ban (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon. |
| Ban (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict. |