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baucans

baucans is the plural of baucan.

Meaning of baucan

Noun

baucan (plural baucans)

  1. (historical) A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:baucan.

Questions about baucans

What is baucans the plural of?
Baucans is the plural of baucan.

Words near baucans in the dictionary

  1. Baublitz
  2. Baublitzes
  3. baubon
  4. baubons
  5. baucan
  6. baucans
  7. Bauchi
  8. bauchle
  9. bauchled
  10. bauchles
  11. bauchling

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