bailiwick
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bailiwick
- /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/
Where it comes from
From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.
noun bailiwicks
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The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
The Bailiwick of Jersey.
Similar: jurisdiction
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A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
Similar: domain, department, sphere, province, territory, turf, wheelhouse
Translations
Talk about this word "bailiwick." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bailiwick. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bailiwick. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bailiwick "bailiwick." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bailiwick.Cite this
@misc{bailiwick_2026,
title = {bailiwick},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bailiwick},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
