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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pur•lieu (pûr′lo̅o̅, pûrl′yo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- a place where one may range at large;
confines or bounds. - a person's haunt or resort.
- an outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
- a piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.
- Latin prō for, pro1, confused with per through) + aller (see alley)
- Anglo-French purale(e) a going through, equivalent. to pur (
- alteration (simulating French lieu place) of earlier parlewe, parley, paraley purlieu of a forest 1475–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: purlieu /ˈpɜːljuː/ n - land on the edge of a forest that was once included within the bounds of the royal forest but was later separated although still subject to some of the forest laws, esp regarding hunting
- (usually plural) a neighbouring area; outskirts
- (often plural) a place one frequents; haunt
Etymology: 15th Century purlewe, from Anglo-French puralé a going through (influenced also by Old French lieu place), from Old French puraler to traverse, from pur through + aler to go |