pospolite

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Polish pospolite ruszenie (“a general summons to arms, an arriere-ban”), from pospolity (“general”) + ruszenie (“a stirring”).

Noun edit

pospolite (plural pospolites)

(historical) A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pospolite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pɔ.spɔˈli.tɛ/
Rhymes: -itɛ
Syllabification: po‧spo‧li‧te

Adjective edit

pospolite

inflection of pospolity:
1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural