Dictionary 1. (n.) The main house of an estate; the land belonging to a lord or nobleman\, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.2. (n.) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Thesaurus acres castle chateau chattels real demesne domain grounds honor land landed property lands lot lots messuage parcel plat plot praedium property quadrat real estate real property realty tenements toft villa |