yangban

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Etymology

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From Korean 양반(兩班) (yangban).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yangban (plural yangbans or yangban)

  1. (historical) A member of the ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 900:
      One yangban, Yi Sŭng-hun, provided a new answer to this crisis of authority: while in Beijing serving as a diplomat, he was baptized a Catholic Christian and went home to propagate his faith.