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Definition 2024
demaine
demaine
Old French
Alternative forms
Adjective
demaine m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demaine)
- seignorial; lordly
- possessive (indicating possession, ownership)
Etymology 2
Substantivation of the above adjective, or taken from Latin dominium.
Noun
demaine m (oblique plural demaines, nominative singular demaines, nominative plural demaine)
- entourage of a king or another important person
- holdings (land)
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
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Romain en demaine l'avoient
- The Romans had it as a territory
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Romain en demaine l'avoient
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Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (demaine)