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[ noun ] extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

Examples

"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

After Larkin has been persuaded to restock his tangled acres with pheasants , he poaches only what he needs for the nourishment of his family and local callers .

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

Often the burrows are only an inch or two apart , and the bee cities cover several acres .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

Six hundred and forty acres , the old_man back in St._Louis had said ; good grass , good water .

There were tracks of cattle all_over his six hundred and forty acres .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18839
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