Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bailiwick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.]
(Law)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the
limits of a bailiff's authority.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bailiwick
n 1: the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
2: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his
doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
[syn: {discipline}, {subject}, {subject area}, {subject
field}, {field}, {field of study}, {study}, {branch of
knowledge}]
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