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Yprois

UK/iːpˈɹwɑː/

Yprois noun: an inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.

Noun

Yprois (plural Yprois)

  1. An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.
    • A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight.1845 May, “The Battle of the Spurs”, in Colburn’s United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, II, page 20
    • They were the work of the Yprois Taillebert, who, both in stone and wood, has left in his native town and its neighbourhood incontestible proofs of his activity and talent.1910, Thomas Francis Bumpus, The Cathedrals and Churches of Belgium, page 123

Adjective

Yprois (not comparable)

  1. Of, comprising, or populated by Yprois.
    • To trace the origin of the Yprois devotion to this Madonna, we must go back five centuries.1890, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, page 344
    • Margaret was a woman of property, a member of the upper classes; both she and her husband were from prominent Yprois families.2004 January, Ellen E. Kittell, “Reconciliation or Punishment: Women, Community, and Malefaction in the Medieval County of Flanders”, in Ellen E. Kittell, Mary A. Suydam, editors, The Texture of...

Forms of Yprois

pluralYprois

Origin of Yprois

First attested in nominal use in May 1845 and in adjectival use in 1890; from the French noun Yprois and adjective yprois, both from Ypres.

Questions about Yprois

What does Yprois mean?
Yprois means an inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.
What part of speech is Yprois?
Yprois can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Yprois?
Yprois is pronounced /iːpˈɹwɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of Yprois?
The plural of Yprois is Yprois.

Words near Yprois in the dictionary

  1. ypothegars
  2. YPP
  3. Ypres
  4. Ypresian
  5. yprisoned
  6. Yprois
  7. YPs
  8. YPSCE
  9. Ypsi
  10. ypsigon
  11. ypsigons

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