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demaine

demaine

Old French

Alternative forms

Adjective

demaine m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demaine)

  1. seignorial; lordly
  2. 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)

  1. entourage of a king or another important person
  2. holdings (land)

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (demaine)