ban (le)	the territory
bans	marriage banns, announcement(s)
baptême	baptism
baptême d’urgence	emergency baptism
baptisé	baptized
baptisé sous condition	conditionally baptized
Baptiste	Baptist
bas	low, lower
batisseur	builder
beau-fils	son-in-law, stepson
beau-frère	brother-in-law, stepbrother
beau-père	father-in-law, stepfather
bêcheur	field worker
Belge	Belgian
belle-fille	daughter-in-law, stepdaughter
belle-mère	mother-in-law, stepmother
belle-soeur	sister-in-law, stepsister
berger	shepherd
bien	well
biens	goods, property
biographie	biography
blanc (blanche)	white
bon (bonne)	good
bonne	maid, female servant
boucher	butcher
boulanger	baker
bourgeois	citizen, member of the middle class
bourguignon	Burgundian
bouvier	herdsman, cowherd
brasseur	brewer
brassier	farmworker, laborer (old word)
Bretagne	Brittany
[oncle à la mode de Bretagne]	[first cousin of one’s parent]
briquetier	brick maker
bru	daughter-in-law
brumaire	See “Months”
bureau	office