Bailiwick

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See Synonyms at field.
  • n. The office or district of a bailiff.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
  • n. a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The county within which a sheriff exercises his office; the precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority, as (in England) a hundred, a liberty, or a forest over which a bailiff is appointed.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
  • n. a branch of knowledge
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    jurisdiction   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    territory    department    domain    turf    sphere   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    whoredom    lambkin    talent    countie    appellate   
     
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