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Word: Demesne
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French demeine (later Anglo-Norman French demesne) ‘belonging to a lord’, from Latin dominicus, from dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with domain
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈmeɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a piece of land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use
Short Definition:land attached to manor
Examples:- because labour was cheap, there were ample advantages in cultivating the demesne
Definition:
possession of real property in one's own right.
Short Definition:possession of property
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