purlieus
1purlieus — index border, locality, location, part (place), region, section (vicinity) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …
2purlieus — Synonyms and related words: airspace, alentours, ambience, ambit, approach, approximation, area, belt, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, closeness, compass, confines, context, continental shelf,… …
3purlieus — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. neighborhood, environs, surroundings, outskirts, limits, bounds, confines. See nearness …
4purlieus — pur|lieus [ˈpə:lju:z US ˈpə:rlu:z] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; : Anglo French; Origin: puralé checking of a land border by walking around it , from Old French puraler to go through ; influenced by lieu ( LIEU)] literary the area in and around a… …
5purlieus — pur|lieus [ pɜrl,juz ] noun plural LITERARY the outer areas of a place …
6purlieus — pur·lieus || pÉœrluËz / pÉœËlju n. surroundings, environs …
7purlieus — n. pl. [Used generally in a bad sense.] Environs, precincts, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, borders, limits, outskirts, confines …
8purlieus — noun (plural) literary the area in and around a place …
9purlieus — UK [ˈpɜː(r)ljuːz] / US [ˈpɜrlˌjuz] noun [plural] literary the outer areas of a place …
10purlieus — n.pl. neighbourhood; suburb(s) …
