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purlieu

Purlieu is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter U for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.

Syllable Information

The word purlieu is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for purlieu is: pur-lieu


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