Meaning of Yprois | Babel Free

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

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“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⟳.”

“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.”

“David Nicholas […] provides fascinating detail about the mutual indebtedness of the Yprois at the end⟳ of the thirteenth century.”

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