crown land


noun
  1. land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.

  2. Also crownland . one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.

Origin of crown land

1
First recorded in 1615–25

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British Dictionary definitions for crownland (1 of 2)

crownland

/ (ˈkraʊnˌlænd) /


noun
  1. a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary

British Dictionary definitions for crown land (2 of 2)

crown land

noun
  1. (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown

  2. public land in some dominions of the Commonwealth

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