Definitions for yangban
yang·ban

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1. yangbannoun

   A ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire.

2. Etymology: From 양반, from Middle Korean 兩班.

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1. Yangban

   The yangban (Korean: 양반; Hanja: 兩班) were part of the traditional ruling class or gentry of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The yangban were mainly composed of highly educated civil servants and military officers—landed or unlanded aristocrats who individually exemplified the Korean Confucian form of a "scholarly official". They were largely government administrators and bureaucrats who oversaw medieval and early modern Korea's traditional agrarian bureaucracy until the end of the dynasty in 1897. In a broader sense, an office holder's family and descendants, as well as country families who claimed such descent, were socially accepted as yangban.

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1. Yangban

   The yangban were part of the traditional ruling class or nobles of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The yangban were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a "scholarly official." Basically, they were administrators and bureaucrats who oversaw ancient Korea's traditional agrarian bureaucracy until the ancien regime of Joseon Dynasty ended in 1894. In a broader sense, office holder's family and descendents as well as country families who claimed such descendence were also socially accepted as yangban.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yangban in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yangban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yangban
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangban
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   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=yangban