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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French raençon.
Noun
raenchon f (plural raenchons)
- ransom
c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:ils garderent le chevallier environ quatre mois dedens son chastel, tant qu'il eut payé mille frans pour sa raenchon- they kept the knight in his castle for four months, until he paid a ransom of a thousand francs
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