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.

Examples

“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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