baucan

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noun

A long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:baucan.”

OriginOld French baucent →
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Meanings

nounbaucan (plural baucans)

plural baucans · alternative baucent

  1. historicalA long red streamer hoisted by ships during the Middle Ages to indicate combat to the death.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:baucan.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbaucent“black and white; the black and white flag (with red cross) of the templars”
  2. Englishbaucan

From French, perhaps related to Old French baucent (“black and white; the black and white flag (with red cross) of the templars”), Old Occitan bausan (“black and white (horse)”) despite the change in meaning/colour.

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Cite this entry
APA

baucan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baucan

MLA

“baucan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baucan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baucan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baucan.

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