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Meaning of "purlieus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURLIEUS

purlieus  [ˈpɜːljuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURLIEUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purlieus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PURLIEUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Purlieu

Purlieu is a term used of the outlying parts of a place or district. It was a term of the old Forest law, and meant, as defined by John Manwood, Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest, The owner of freelands in the purlieu to the yearly value of forty shillings was known as a purlieu-man or purley-man. The benefits of disafforestation accrued only to the owner of the lands. There seems no doubt that purlieu or purley represents the Anglo-French pourallé lieu, a legal term meaning properly a perambulation to determine the boundaries of a manor, parish, or similar region. The word survives in placenames. Examples include Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire, on the border of the New Forest and Bedford Purlieus, once part of Rockingham Forest.

Definition of purlieus in the English dictionary

The definition of purlieus in the dictionary is neighbouring areas, outskirts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURLIEUS


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
infuse
ɪnˈfjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
mews
mjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
virtues
ˈvɜːtjuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURLIEUS

puritanicalness
puritanise
puritanism
puritanize
purity
purl
purl stitch
purler
purlicue
purlieu
purlin
purline
purloin
purloiner
puromycin
purple
purple coneflower
purple emperor
purple gallinule
purple heart

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURLIEUS

Atreus
aureus
calcaneus
Deus
Linnaeus
Morpheus
nucleus
Odysseus
Orpheus
Peneus
Perseus
Piraeus
Prometheus
Proteus
Reus
soleus
Thaddeus
Thadeus
Theseus
Zeus

Synonyms and antonyms of purlieus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PURLIEUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «purlieus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of purlieus

Translation of «purlieus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURLIEUS

Find out the translation of purlieus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purlieus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purlieus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

接触这个社会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purlieus
570 millions of speakers

English

purlieus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purlieus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضواح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

purlieus
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purlieus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purlieus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abords
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purlieus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

purlieus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purlieus
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

purlieus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purlieus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ranh giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purlieus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्ल्लिअस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purlieus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purlieus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

purlieus
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purlieus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purlieus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purlieus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purlieus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purlieus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purlieus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURLIEUS»

The term «purlieus» is normally little used and occupies the 122.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURLIEUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purlieus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purlieus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purlieus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURLIEUS»

Discover the use of purlieus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purlieus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Journals of the House of Lords
L. 14. Leave out (V Purlieus or ") V L. 29. Leave out (V Purlieus or ") After (V the ") insert (V Land called After (" the ") insert (V Land called After (V mentioned ") insert (V Land i " Pr. 21. L. 34 8: 35. Leave out (V Purlieus or ") Cs 'I I' 'O O' If 't U If V ...
Great Britain House of Lords, 1809
2
Journals of the House of Commons
I.1. After “and,” insert “ persons com“ monly called." Pr. 14. I. 18. " monly called.” Pr. 17. I. 31. Leave out “ Purlieus or.” Pr. 19. I. 14. Leave out “ Purlieus or.” Pr. 19. I. 29. Leave out “ Purlieus or.” Pr. 21. I. 34 8.: 35. Leave out “ Purlieus or." Pr. 22.
Great Britain House of Commons, 1810
3
Life's Purlieus Caravan of Eternity's Oasis
From the love escapades and fights for freedom that generations of three captured West AfricanA[a¬a[s endure, through a society where cloned man is of the essence, this collection of short stories, plays, and poetry will have you laughing ...
Karen Tribble, 2003
4
The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
there are adjacent or near to the said Forest several Coppices ' and other Lands known "as Purlieus thereof: And whereas Her ' Majesty claims to be entitled to the Forestal Right of Herbage ' and Feed for Her Deer, as well over the said ...
Great Britain, 1853
5
The Elizabethan Lumber Room: Networks of Timber, Constructs ...
patrolled purlieus for deer that had crossed out of the forest to nibble fallen acorns or, more disastrously, to feast in enclosed grain fields.20 Yet, unlike his more reputable occupational counterparts, ranger Jordan oversees the promiscuous ...
Vincent Joseph Nardizzi, 2006
6
Bedford Purlieus: Its History, Ecology and Management
Previous control number b7619012.
George Frederick Peterken, Robert Colin Welch, 1975
7
BILLS, PUBLIC: SEVEN VOLUMES
or near to -the said Forest several Coppices and other Lands known as Purlieus thereof: And whereas Her Majesty claims to be entitled to the Forestal Right of Herbage and Feed for Her Deer, as well over the said Purlieus as over the said ...
‎1853
8
A Nature Conservation Review: The Selection of Biological ...
These formed one continuous woodland until the mid nineteenth century when the clearance of the western half of Thornhaw Woods cut the woods into two main blocks, Bedford Purlieus to the east and Easton Hornstocks to the west.
Derek A. Ratcliffe, 1977
9
As the Earth Turns Silver
THE. PURLIEUS. OF. HAINING. STREET. Under a loose floorboard in his room, Robbie stored a small mound of coins – tiny farthings, threepences, large copper pennies – taken from the jar his mother hid in the pantry, or small amounts he ...
Alison Wong, 2011
10
The annual Hampshire repository [afterw.] The Hampshire ...
The encroachments however on the Crown lands in the forest, are trifling, when compared with those within the other purlieus. The successful inclosures under the Crown have become contagious, ami given rise to many larger incroach- ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURLIEUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purlieus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Investors cannot see through market froth
Investors responded by seeking yield in riskier purlieus of the market. Even after the recent rise in yields, the valuation basis of eurozone sovereign bonds ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Opinion: 'Ex-MPs will just have to work for a living to pay wine bills'
... discredited and clapped-out concepts of equality and additional property taxation, this time within the endless purlieus of many governmental advisory boards; ... «Derby Telegraph, May 15»
3
Ireland Has a New Religion: Liberal-Left Totalitarianism
Now, it has to be said that the referendum campaign was about as unbalanced as it possible to be outside the joyous purlieus of old Pyongyang. The yes to gay ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
4
A worthwhile trek to hear a master of the keyboard
We had to negotiate the miserable purlieus of Newhaven, before finally turning north and regaining the open road. One hour and 40 minutes after departure, ... «Brighton & Hove Independent, May 15»
5
Sonia Delaunay review – chic, dynamic, perpetually modern
... and a pair of chevron-striped shoes edged with gleaming silver leather – never have such creations appeared in the high-art purlieus of Tate Modern before. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Curt Sanburn: Going Vertical and Green in Kakaako
If Oahu is, indeed, saving its rural purlieus and ag lands and going up, up, up instead, maybe we should ask our developers and architects to start thinking ... «Honolulu Civil Beat, Apr 15»
7
The Classics Get an Online Makeover
But it was also why, when the project finally went ahead, it was greeted with enthusiasm and gratitude beyond the purlieus of exclusive universities. Virginia ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 14»
8
The wood beats with the first signs of autumn
Bedford Purlieus Wood, Cambridgeshire: White angelica umbels crawl with drone flies, sawflies, solitary wasps and bristly tachinid flies. But this is not a safe ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
9
Keira Knightley: 'They are living in hell. What bloody right do I have …
... many times and gets followed by photographers when she and her musician husband, James Righton, go out for an evening in the purlieus of west London. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
10
QUENTIN LETTS: Poor old Ed Miliband sploshed in a puddle... and …
Not much call for such devices in the purlieus of Islington and Primrose Hill, darling. Novice Miliband's unfamiliarity with them was soon apparent when he went ... «Daily Mail, Feb 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Purlieus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purlieus>. Apr 2024 ».
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