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aubain.

a foreigner who was not naturalised, and who had few rights

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Meaning & usage

noun/o.bɛ̃/
  1. a foreigner who was not naturalised, and who had few rights

    historical · masculine
  2. a foreigner or alien

    Canada · masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The TLF suggests a derivation from Frankish *alibanni (“a person belonging to another ban”). Another possible source is Latin *alibanus (“person from elsewhere”), from alibī (“elsewhere”).

adj/o.bɛ̃/
  1. white

    literary · rare
Where this word comes from

Coined by French writer Jean Giono in 1929, seemingly derived from Latin albus (“white”).

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