English dictionary
purlieu
/'p/[@]/rl/u/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an outer adjacent area of any place
Synonyms environsSource: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913