demesne

suomi-englanti sanakirja

demesne englannista suomeksi

  1. kruununmaa

  2. alue, piiri

  1. Substantiivi

  2. maaomaisuus

demesne englanniksi

  1. 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.

  2. (quote-book) Book XVI, Chapter vii leaf 337r|text=''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.

  3. (quote-book)

  4. (RQ:Wodehouse Jeeves in the Offing)

  5. (RQ:Nabokov Pale Fire) One minute before his death, as we were crossing from his demesne to mine and had begun working up between the junipers and ornamental shrubs, a Red Admirable (see note to line 270) came dizzily whirling around us like a colored flame.

  6. A region or area; a domain.

  7. (RQ:Keats Poems) ruled as his demesne; (..)

  8. (alternative form of)