Yprois

//iːpˈɹwɑː// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.

    "A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, comprising, or populated by Yprois. not-comparable

    "To trace the origin of the Yprois devotion to this Madonna, we must go back five centuries."

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"A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight."

Etymology

First attested in nominal use in May 1845 and in adjectival use in 1890; from the French noun Yprois and adjective yprois, both from Ypres.

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