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pospolite

pospolite noun: a former militia in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisting of the gentry, which, was summoned to defend the country in the event of an invasion.

Noun

pospolite (plural pospolites)

  1. (historical) A former militia in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisting of the gentry, which, was summoned to defend the country in the event of an invasion

Forms of pospolite

pluralpospolites

Origin of pospolite

Borrowed from Polish pospolite ruszenie (“a general summons to arms, an arriere-ban”, literally “general stirring”).

Questions about pospolite

What does pospolite mean?
Pospolite means a former militia in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisting of the gentry, which, was summoned to defend the country in the event of an invasion.
What part of speech is pospolite?
Pospolite is a noun.
What is the plural of pospolite?
The plural of pospolite is pospolites.

Words near pospolite in the dictionary

  1. Pospisils
  2. pospiviroid
  3. pospiviroids
  4. pospivirus
  5. pospiviruses
  6. pospolite
  7. pospolites
  8. posqim
  9. poss
  10. poss.
  11. possa

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