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Definition of purlieu in English English dictionary
- The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood
- The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc
- {n} an inclosure, district, border, edge
- {i} outlying area of a city, outskirts; area at the edge of a forest
- Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights
- Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood
- purlieus
- plural of purlieu
- purlieus
- {i} surroundings, environs
- purlieus
- the area in and around a place (puralé , from puraler ; influenced by lieu ( LIEU))
Related Terms
purlieu
Hyphenation
pur·lieuPronunciation
Etymology
() From Anglo-Norman puralee, puralé et al.Resimler
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