demesne
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demesne
- /dɪˈmeɪn/
- /dəˈmeɪn/
- /dɪˈmiːn/
Sounds like domain · Rhymes with -eɪn, -iːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English demayne, from Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame. Doublet of domain.
The spelling with non-etymological s is partly due to influence from mesne and partly for the purpose of indicating a long vowel, as the s quiesced before a consonant; compare aisle, isle, Carlisle.
noun demesnes · demaine · demayne · demeane
- A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. And whanne he sawe that he lete charce her oute of this land and bytoke hit me and alle this land in my demenys And when he saw that, he let chase her out of this land, and betook it me, and all this land in my demesnes.
- A region or area; a domain. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; […]
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noun lord's chief manor place
| Español | dominio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 領地 ryōchi |
| 中文 | 領地 /领地 lǐngdì |
| Português | domínio |
| Français | domaine proche, réserve seigneuriale |
| Deutsch | Fronhof, Hausmacht |
| Italiano | dominio |
| Русский | доме́н domén |
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