- Raunsoun
- Raunsoun \Raun*soun"\ (r[add]n*s[=oo]n"), n. Ransom. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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Ransom — Ran som (r[a^]n s[u^]m), n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.] 1. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ransom bill — Ransom Ran som (r[a^]n s[u^]m), n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.] 1. The release of a captive, or of captured property,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
