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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.
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Yprois
Today it means: An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name. Full definition →