noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Land near a border; marches.

   "retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person"

2. 2
   district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area wordnet
3. 3
   An intermediate state, category, etc. figuratively

   "Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland"

Synonyms

All synonyms

marchlandmarchlandalentoursambienceambitarena

Example

More examples

"retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person"

Etymology

From border + land.

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