French Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

<br>ban (le)=the territory<br>bans=marriage banns, announcement(s)<br>baptême=baptism<br>baptême d’urgence=emergency baptism<br>baptisé=baptized<br>baptisé sous condition=conditionally baptized<br>Baptiste=Baptist<br>bas=low, lower<br>batisseur=builder<br>beau-fils=son-in-law, stepson<br>beau-frère=brother-in-law, stepbrother<br>beau-père=father-in-law, stepfather<br>bêcheur=field worker<br>belge=Belgian<br>belle-fille=daughter-in-law, stepdaughter<br>belle-mère=mother-in-law, stepmother<br>belle-sœur=sister-in-law, stepsister<br>berger=shepherd<br>bien=well<br>biens=goods, property<br>biographie=biography<br>blanc (blanche)=white<br>bon (bonne)=good<br>bonne=maid, female servant<br>boucher=butcher<br>boulanger=baker<br>bourgeois=citizen, member of the middle class<br>bourguignon=Burgundian<br>bouvier=herdsman, cowherd<br>brasseur=brewer<br>brassier=farmworker, laborer (old word)<br>Bretagne=Brittany<br>[oncle à la mode de Bretagne]=[first cousin of one’s parent]<br>briquetier=brick maker<br>bru=daughter-in-law<br>brumaire=See “Months”<br>bureau=office<br>

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