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# demesne

«demesne» in Mova's school dictionary: **The land that belongs to a lord or a great house, around…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural demesnes)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) The land that belongs to a lord or a great house, around his home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demesne/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a lord walks round his demesne, the grounds he owns

### examples

- The king walked through his demesne each morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demesne/#x1)
- He knew every path in the demesne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demesne/#x2)
- Their demesne stretched over the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demesne/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «demesne» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demesne/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.