Definitions for bailiwickˈbeɪ ləˌwɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bail•i•wickˈbeɪ ləˌwɪk(n.)
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
Category: Government, Scottish
a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work.
Origin of bailiwick:
1425–75; late ME, =baili-bailie+wickwick2
Princeton's WordNet
bailiwick(noun)
the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick(noun)
a branch of knowledge
"in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
Wiktionary
bailiwick(Noun)
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
The Bailiwick of Jersey.
bailiwick(Noun)
a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
Origin: From bailie and wick, from wic.
Webster Dictionary
Bailiwick(noun)
the precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority
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