DEMESNE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • territory over which rule or control is exercised
   Synonym(s)
   • domain (what does domain mean?)
   • land (what does land mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his domain extended into Europe
   • he made it the law of the land
   Hypernyms(s) demesne is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • region (what does region mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • archduchy (what does archduchy mean?)
   • barony (what does barony mean?)
   • duchy (what does duchy mean?)
   • dukedom (what does dukedom mean?)
   • earldom (what does earldom mean?)
   • emirate (what does emirate mean?)
   • empire (what does empire mean?)
   • fiefdom (what does fiefdom mean?)
   • grand duchy (what does grand duchy mean?)
   • viscounty (what does viscounty mean?)
   • khnate (what does khnate mean?)
   • kingdom (what does kingdom mean?)
   • realm (what does realm mean?)
   • principality (what does principality mean?)
   • princedom (what does princedom mean?)
   • Kingdom of God (what does Kingdom of God mean?)
   • sheikdom (what does sheikdom mean?)
   • sheikhdom (what does sheikhdom mean?)
   • suzerainty (what does suzerainty mean?)
2. Meaning
   • extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
   Synonym(s)
   • acres (what does acres mean?)
   • estate (what does estate mean?)
   • land (what does land mean?)
   • landed estate (what does landed estate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the family owned a large estate on Long Island
   Hypernyms(s) demesne is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • real property (what does real property mean?)
   • real estate (what does real estate mean?)
   • realty (what does realty mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • freehold (what does freehold mean?)
   • glebe (what does glebe mean?)
   • leasehold (what does leasehold mean?)
   • smallholding (what does smallholding mean?)
   • homestead (what does homestead mean?)
   • fief (what does fief mean?)
   • feoff (what does feoff mean?)
   • barony (what does barony mean?)
   • countryseat (what does countryseat mean?)
   • Crown land (what does Crown land mean?)
   • manor (what does manor mean?)
   • seigneury (what does seigneury mean?)
   • seigniory (what does seigniory mean?)
   • signory (what does signory mean?)
   • hacienda (what does hacienda mean?)
   • plantation (what does plantation mean?)
   • entail (what does entail mean?)