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aubaine

aubaine noun: the inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.

Noun

aubaine

  1. (historical) The inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.

Origin of aubaine

From French aubaine, as in droit d'aubaine.

Questions about aubaine

What does aubaine mean?
Aubaine means the inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.
What part of speech is aubaine?
Aubaine is a noun.

Words near aubaine in the dictionary

  1. aua
  2. AUASS
  3. AUB
  4. aubade
  5. aubades
  6. aubaine
  7. Aubange
  8. aube
  9. auberge
  10. auberges
  11. aubergine

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