ban Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a decree that prohibits something
    proscription; prohibition.
  2. noun 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
  3. noun 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
  4. noun an official prohibition or edict against something
    forbidding; forbiddance; banning.
  5. noun a bachelor's degree in nursing
    Bachelor of Arts in Nursing.
  6. verb forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
    censor.
  7. verb prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
    • Smoking is banned in this building
  8. verb ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
    banish.
  9. verb expel from a community or group
    ostracize; blackball; shun; cast out; ostracise; banish.

WordNet

Ban noun
Etymology
AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F. ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. . Cf. Abandon, Fame.
Definitions
  1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
  2. (Feudal & Mil.) 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 not in the standing army.
  3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
  4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. "Under ban to touch." Milton.
  5. A curse or anathema. "Hecate's ban." Shak.
  6. 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 transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Banned (); present participle & verbal noun Banning
Definitions
  1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. Sir W. Scott.
  2. To forbid; to interdict. Byron.
Ban intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To curse; to swear. Obs. Spenser.
Ban noun
Etymology
Serv. ban; cf. Russ. & Pol. pan a master lord, Per. ban.
Definitions
  1. An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Webster 1913