bailiwick
[bey-luh-wik]
noun
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.
Origin of bailiwick
Synonyms for bailiwick
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Related Words for bailiwick
province, neighborhood, district, area, beat, jurisdiction, diocese, realm, territoryExamples from the Web for bailiwick
Contemporary Examples of bailiwick
He does so, hands in his star and rides on, leaving his bailiwick in the condition his patrons wanted.
Historical Examples of bailiwick
But would she not find me, instead, and drive me out of her bailiwick?
Wood Folk at SchoolWilliam J. Long
Gimpy Gordon scuttled out of my bailiwick almost on a dead run.
The Big FixGeorge Oliver Smith
You must keep out of her bailiwick if you want to keep her friendship.
The Little Colonel: Maid of HonorAnnie Fellows Johnston
Meere succeeded at the assizes in sustaining his right to the bailiwick.
Sir Walter RaleghWilliam Stebbing
Out of my bailiwick, cried the doctor—way out of my bailiwick.
The Doctor's Red LampVarious
bailiwick
noun
Word Origin for bailiwick
C15: from baili(e) + wick ²
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