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English noun: demesne | |||
| 1. | demesne (possession) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | ||
| Samples | The family owned a large estate on Long Island. | ||
| Synonyms | acres, estate, land, landed estate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immovable, real estate, real property, realty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barony, countryseat, Crown land, entail, feoff, fief, freehold, glebe, hacienda, homestead, leasehold, manor, plantation, seigneury, seigniory, signory, smallholding | ||
| 2. | demesne (location) territory over which rule or control is exercised | ||
| Samples | His domain extended into Europe. He made it the law of the land. | ||
| Synonyms | domain, land | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | region | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | archduchy, barony, duchy, dukedom, earldom, emirate, empire, fiefdom, grand duchy, imperium, khanate, kingdom, princedom, principality, realm, sheikdom, sheikhdom, suzerainty, viscounty | ||
| Part meronym | country, land, state | ||
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