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单词 ripuarian
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Ripuarian

[ rip-yoo-air-ee-uhn ]
/ ˌrɪp yuˈɛər i ən /

adjective

designating or pertaining to a group of Franks who lived along the Rhine in the neighborhood of Cologne during the 4th century or the code of laws observed by them.

noun

a Ripuarian Frank.

Origin of Ripuarian

1775–85; <Medieval Latin Ripuāri(us) + -an

Words nearby Ripuarian

rip-roaring, ripsaw, ripsnorter, ripstop nylon, riptide, Ripuarian, rip up, Rip Van Winkle, riroriro, RISC, rise
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Example sentences from the Web for Ripuarian

  • He began with the most powerful of the tribes, the Ripuarian Franks.

    A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • From the end of the fifth century Cologne belonged to the Franks and was long occupied by the Ripuarian kings.

    Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera|Charles M. Taylor, Jr.
  • Among the Ripuarian Franks, a free woman thus disgracing herself, was girt with a sword and a distaff.

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66|John Lothrop Motley
  • The later law of the Ripuarian Franks treats it more distinctly from the former point of view.

    The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for Ripuarian

Ripuarian
/ (ˌrɪpjʊˈɛərɪən) /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the group of Franks who lived during the 4th century near Cologne along the Rhine
  2. of or designating their code of laws

noun

a Ripuarian Frank

Word Origin for Ripuarian

C18: from Medieval Latin Ripuārius, perhaps from Latin rīpa a river bank
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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