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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
affray/əˈfreɪ/

▶noun Law, dated a breach of the peace by fighting in a public place.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. afrayer ‘disturb, startle’, based on an element of Gmc origin rel. to OE frithu ‘peace, safety’.

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