Etymology

yangban

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Today it means: A member of the ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire. Full definition →

Korean 양반(兩班)
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  1. Korean · borrowed from양반(兩班)
  2. Korean · borrowed from양반(兩班)
  3. English todayyangban

Borrowed from Korean 양반(兩班) (yangban).

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