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Webster 1913 Edition


Demain

De-main′

,
Noun.
[See
Demesne
.]
1.
Rule; management.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
(Law)
See
Demesne
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Demain

DEMAIN

,
Noun.
1.
A manor-house and the land adjacent or near, which a lord keeps in his own hands or immediate occupation, for the use of his family, as distinguished from his tenemental lands, distributed among his tenants, called book-land, or charter-land, and folk-land, or estates held in villenage, from which sprung copyhold estates.
2.
Estate in lands.

Definition 2024


demain

demain

English

Noun

demain (plural demains)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, law) A demesne, especially the Ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.

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French

Etymology

Latin de mane "of morning"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də.mɛ̃/

Adverb

demain

  1. tomorrow

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Old French

Etymology

Latin de mane "of morning"

Adverb

demain

  1. tomorrow