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Purlieu
ˈpəːljuː
Purlieu definitions
noun
purlieus
purlieux
purlieu
- the area near or surrounding a place
"the photogenic purlieus of Cambridge"
surrounding district surrounding area neighbourhood locality locale local area area district region quarter sector territory domain place zone- a person's usual haunts
- a tract on the border of a forest, especially one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws
"they wished the purlieus to be completely free from the Forest law"